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after the minor or minor part license 

expires, until the Commission acts on 

its application. If the licensee of such a 

project has not filed an application for 

a subsequent license, then it may be 

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), 

to continue project operations until the 

Commission issues someone else a 

license for the project or otherwise 

orders disposition of the project. 

If the project is subject to section 15 

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that 

an annual license for Project No. 2221 

is issued to Empire District Electric 

Company, for a period effective March 

1, 2022 through February 28, 2023 or 

until the issuance of a new license for 

the project or other disposition under 

the FPA, whichever comes first. If 

issuance of a new license (or other 

disposition) does not take place on or 

before February 28, 2023, notice is 

hereby given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 

16.18(c), an annual license under 

section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is renewed 

automatically without further order or 

notice by the Commission, unless the 

Commission orders otherwise. 

If the project is not subject to section 

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given 

that Empire District Electric Company, 

is authorized to continue operation of 

the Ozark Beach Hydroelectric Project, 

until such time as the Commission acts 

on its application for a new license. 

Dated: March 3, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04959 Filed 3–8–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD22–4–000] 

Municipality of Anchorage Water & 

Wastewater Utility; Notice of 

Preliminary Determination of a 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility and Soliciting Comments and 

Motions To Intervene 

On March 1, 2022, the Municipality of 

Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility 

filed a notice of intent to construct a 

qualifying conduit hydropower facility, 

pursuant to section 30 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA). The proposed 

Reservoirs 3 and 4 Energy Recovery 

Turbine Project would have an installed 

capacity of 37 kilowatts (kW), and 

would be located along an existing 16- 

inch pipeline at the applicant’s 

Reservoirs 3 and 4 Valve Facility in 

Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska. 

Applicant Contact: Todd Carroll, P.E., 

Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility, 

3000 Artic Boulevard, Anchorage, AK 

99503, 907–564–2753, todd.carroll@

awwu.biz. 

FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

202–502–6778, christopher.chaney@

ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The proposed 

project would consist of: (1) One 37 kW 

turbine/generator unit; (2) 10-inchdiameter intake and discharge pipes; 

and (3) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed project would have an 

estimated annual generation of 

approximately 254 megawatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all 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) ............... 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) ........... 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) .......... The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 40 megawatts Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii) .......... 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: The 

proposed Reservoirs 3 and 4 Energy 

Recovery Turbine Project will not alter 

the primary purpose of the conduit, 

which is to transport water for 

municipal use. Therefore, 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 30 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, you 

may send 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 


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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, MD 20852. 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 385.2010. 

Locations of Notice of Intent: 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 

website at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

number (i.e., CD22–4) in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

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. 

Copies of the notice of intent can be 

obtained directly from the applicant. 

For assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3676 or email FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov. For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: March 3, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04958 Filed 3–8–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF22–2–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

LLC ; Notice of Scoping Period 

Requesting Comments on 

Environmental Issues for the Planned 

Cumberland Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental document that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Cumberland Project involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

LLC (TGP) in Dickson, Houston, and 

Steward counties, Tennessee. The 

Commission will use this environmental 

document in its decision-making 

process to determine whether the 

project is in the public convenience and 

necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies regarding the 

project. As part of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review process, the Commission takes 

into account concerns the public may 

have about proposals and the 

environmental impacts that could result 

from its action whenever it considers 

the issuance of a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity. The 

gathering of public input is referred to 

as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the 

scoping process is to focus the analysis 

in the environmental document on the 

important environmental issues. 

Additional information about the 

Commission’s NEPA process is 

described below in the NEPA Process 

and Environmental Document section of 

this notice. 

By this notice, the Commission 

requests public comments on the scope 

of issues to address in the 

environmental document. To ensure 

that your comments are timely and 

properly recorded, please submit your 

comments so that the Commission 

receives them in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 

4, 2022. Comments may be submitted in 

written form. Further details on how to 

submit comments are provided in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives, and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the environmental 

document. Commission staff will 

consider all comments during the 

preparation of the environmental 

document. 

If you submitted comments on this 

project to the Commission before the 

opening of this docket on November 5, 

2021, you will need to file those 

comments in Docket No. PF22–2–000 to 

ensure they are considered as part of 

this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this planned 

project and encourage them to comment 

on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

planned facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. You are not required to enter 

into an agreement. However, if the 

Commission approves the project, the 

Natural Gas Act conveys the right of 

eminent domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement between you and the 

company, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings in 

court where compensation would be 

determined in accordance with state 

law. The Commission does not 

subsequently grant, exercise, or oversee 

the exercise of that eminent domain 

authority. The courts have exclusive 

authority to handle eminent domain 

cases; the Commission has no 

jurisdiction over these matters. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ is available for viewing on 

the FERC website (www.ferc.gov). This 

fact sheet addresses a number of 

typically asked questions, including the 

use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. 

Public Participation 

There are three methods you can use 

to submit your comments to the 

Commission. Please carefully follow 

these instructions so that your 

comments are properly recorded. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has expert staff 

available to assist you at (866) 208–3676 

or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online (left side of screen). Using 

eComment is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. With eFiling, you can provide 

comments in a variety of formats by 

attaching them as a file with your 

submission. New eFiling users must 

first create an account by clicking on 

‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select 

the type of filing you are making; a 

comment on a particular project is 

considered a ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

project docket number (PF22–2–000) on 

your letter. 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, 


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