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27Emailed comments dated 3/22/22 from Joan Bowers. 28Emailed comments dated 3/22/22 from Joan Bowers. 29Emailed comments dated 3/15/22 from Steve Legge. 30Emailed comments dated 3/22/22 from Sid and Susan Madison. 31 Memorandum regarding ex parte communications from July 17, 2020 with Marvin Lewis and Ted Glick. 32Emailed comments dated 3/23/22 from Padma Dyvine. 33Emailed comments dated 3/23/22 from David Everist. 34Emailed comments dated 3/22/22 from Joan Bowers. 35Emailed comments dated 3/22/22 from Sid and Susan Madison. 36Emailed comments dated 3/22/22 from Jennifer Valentine. 37Emailed comments dated 3/22/22 from Colleen Wysser-Martin. 38Emailed comments dated 3/23/22 from Padma Dyvine. 39Emailed comments dated 3/24/22 from Colleen Wysser-Martin. 40Emailed comments dated 3/24/22 from Colleen Wysser-Martin. 41Emailed comments dated 3/24/22 from Colleen Wysser-Martin. 42Emailed comments dated 3/25/22 from Vince. 43Emailed comments dated 3/27/22 from Ann Dorsey. 44Emailed comments dated 3/24/22 from an individual. 45Emailed comments dated 3/27/22 from Ann Dorsey. 

Dated: March 30, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP22–726–000. 

Applicants: Florida Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Amendments to Existing Seminole 

Agreements to be effective 4/1/2022. 

Filed Date: 3/29/22. 

Accession Number: 20220329–5131. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/22. 

Docket Numbers: RP22–727–000. 

Applicants: WTG Gas Marketing, LLC, 

WTG Midstream Marketing, LLC. 

Description: Joint Petition for Limited 

Waiver of Capacity Release Regulations, 

et al. of WTG Gas Marketing, LLC, et al. 

Filed Date: 3/29/22. 

Accession Number: 20220329–5136. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/22. 

Docket Numbers: RP22–728–000. 

Applicants: Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Rate 

Schedules LSS and SS–2 Tracker Filing 

eff 4/1/2022 to be effective 4/1/2022. 

Filed Date: 3/29/22. 

Accession Number: 20220329–5165. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/11/22. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: March 30, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07127 Filed 4–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Washoe Project, Stampede Division— 

Rate Order No. WAPA–201 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed non-firm 

power formula rate. 

SUMMARY: The Sierra Nevada Region of 

the Western Area Power Administration 

(WAPA) proposes a minor rate 

adjustment for the non-firm power 

formula rate for the Washoe Project, 

Stampede Division. The proposed rate 

will go into effect on October 1, 2022, 

and will remain in effect through 

September 30, 2027. The proposed rate 

is unchanged from the existing Washoe 

Project formula rate in Rate Schedule 

SNF–7, which expires on September 30, 

2022. 

DATES: A consultation and comment 

period will begin April 5, 2022 and end 

June 6, 2022. Sierra Nevada Region will 

present a detailed explanation of the 

proposed non-firm power formula rate 

and other modifications at a public 

information forum on the following date 

and time: 

1. Friday, April 22, 2022, from 9 a.m. 

PDT to no later than 12 p.m. PDT. 

Sierra Nevada Region will accept oral 

and written comments at a public 

comment forum on the following date 

and time: 

1. Friday, April 22, 2022, starting at 

1 p.m. PDT, to remain open until all 

comments are acknowledged, or no later 

than 4 p.m. PDT. 

Sierra Nevada Region will conduct 

both the public information forum and 

public comment forum via WebEx. 

Instructions for participating in the 

forums via WebEx will be posted on 

Sierra Nevada Region’s website at least 

14 days before the public information 

and comment forums at https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/rates/Pages/ 

Rate-Case-2022-WAPA-201.aspx. 

The Sierra Nevada Region will accept 

written comments at any time during 

the consultation and comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

requests to be informed of Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

actions concerning the proposed nonfirm power formula rate submitted by 

WAPA to FERC for approval should be 

sent to: Ms. Sonja Anderson, Regional 

Manager, Sierra Nevada Region, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, California 

95630, or email: SNR-RateCase@

wapa.gov. WAPA will post information 

about the proposed non-firm power 

formula rate and written comments 

received to its website at: https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/rates/Pages/ 

Rate-Case-2022-WAPA-201.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Autumn Wolfe, Rates Manager, Sierra 

Nevada Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, (916) 353–4686 or 

email: SNR-RateCase@wapa.gov. 


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1U.S. Dep’t of Energy—W. Area Power Admin. 

(Washoe Project, Stampede Division), 127 FERC 

¶ 62,043 (2009). Rate Order No. WAPA–136, issued 

June 14, 2008, had placed the rate into effect on an 

interim basis effective August 1, 2008. 

2 144 FERC ¶ 62,213 (2013) and 159 FERC 

¶ 62,047 (2017). 

3See 10 CFR 903.2(e). 

4See Public Law 101–618, 104 Stat. 3289, 3307 

(1990). 

5See Carson-Truckee Water Conservancy Dist. v. 

Watt, 549 F. Supp. 704, 710 (D. Nev. 1982), aff’d 

in part and vacated in part sub nom. CarsonTruckee Water Conservancy Dist. v. Clark, 741 F.2d 

257, 260 (9th Cir. 1984). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

16, 2009, FERC approved and confirmed 

the Sierra Nevada Region Washoe 

Project, Stampede Division’s non-firm 

power formula rate, Rate Schedule 

SNF–7, under Rate Order No. WAPA– 

136, on a final basis through July 31, 

2013.1 FERC subsequently approved 

two consecutive 5-year rate extensions 

in Docket Nos. EF13–5–000 and EF17– 

1–000, extending the rate through 

September 30, 2022.2

The existing non-firm power formula 

rate provides sufficient revenue to 

recover annual costs within the cost 

recovery criteria set forth in Department 

of Energy (DOE) Order RA 6120.2. The 

proposed rate is unchanged from the 

existing Washoe Project formula rate in 

Rate Schedule SNF–7, which expires on 

September 30, 2022. WAPA intends the 

proposed non-firm power formula rate 

to go into effect on October 1, 2022. The 

proposed non-firm power formula rate 

would remain in effect until September 

30, 2027, or until WAPA changes the 

non-firm power formula rate through 

another public rate process pursuant to 

10 CFR part 903, whichever occurs first. 

The Stampede Powerplant has two 

units with a maximum hourly operating 

capability of 3,650 kilowatts (kW) and 

an estimated annual generation of 11 

million kilowatt-hours (kWh). Since the 

Stampede Powerplant has an installed 

capacity of less than 20,000 kW and 

generates less than 100 million kWh 

annually for sale, the proposed rate 

constitutes a minor rate adjustment 

under the applicable regulations.3

History of the Washoe Project, 

Stampede Division 

Stampede Dam and Reservoir are 

located on the Little Truckee River in 

Sierra County, California, about 11 

miles northeast of the town of Truckee. 

The Washoe Project was designed to 

improve the regulation of runoff from 

the Truckee and Carson River system 

and to provide supplemental irrigation 

water and drainage, as well as water for 

municipal, industrial, fishery use, flood 

protection, fish and wildlife benefits 

and recreation. The power generation is 

used principally to provide energy for 

two Federal fish hatcheries: Lahontan 

National Fish Hatchery and Marble 

Bluff Fish Hatchery. 

When the Stampede Dam and 

Reservoir project was first authorized, 

under Public Law 84–858, on August 1, 

1956, hydroelectric power development 

was included. During the period 1966– 

1970, when Stampede Dam was built, 

power facilities were not constructed 

because the power function was not 

economically justified. Provisions were 

made to facilitate the addition of power 

facilities at a later date. 

In July 1976, a preliminary 

reevaluation of a powerplant at 

Stampede was conducted and published 

in a special U.S. Department of Interior, 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 

report, Adding Powerplants at Existing 

Federal Dams in California. In the 

report, Reclamation recommended 

construction of a Stampede Powerplant. 

As a result, definitive plan studies were 

initiated in Fiscal Year 1977, and 

construction of the powerplant was 

completed in 1987. A one-half-mile, 60- 

kilovolt transmission line, owned by 

Sierra Pacific Power company, 

interconnects the Stampede power 

facilities with WAPA’s transmission 

system. 

Under section 205(c) of the Fallon 

Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water 

Rights Settlement Act of 1990, Congress 

declared all Washoe Project costs nonreimbursable except the Stampede 

Powerplant.4 This was necessary 

because a 1982 court order requires that 

Stampede be operated for the benefit of 

endangered or threatened fish at 

Pyramid Lake.5 The energy generated by 

the powerplant has a priority 

reservation for designated Washoe 

Project loads. All remaining energy 

generation is sold on a non-firm basis 

under the conditions outlined in Sierra 

Nevada Region’s contract with a thirdparty contractor. Energy generated at 

Stampede Powerplant is dependent on 

the run of the river and is therefore 

considered non-firm. 

Since the Washoe Project has no 

Federally owned transmission lines, 

Sierra Nevada Region contracted with 

Truckee Donner Public Utility District 

and the City of Fallon (TDF) to accept 

Stampede generation and serve project 

use loads. Energy in excess of project 

use loads is integrated with the Central 

Valley Project (CVP) and marketed 

under the 2004 and 2025 Power 

Marketing Plans. Under the proposed 

Rate Schedule WSH–1, each year any 

remaining reimbursable expenses that 

exceed the revenue collected under the 

TDF contract are transferred to CVP and 

incorporated into the CVP power 

revenue requirement (PRR). CVP 

customers that participate in the 

Renewable Energy Credit (REC) program 

receive a share of the Stampede RECs 

annually based on the annual 

percentage of revenue share they 

transfer to the Washoe Project. 

Stampede Non-Firm Power Formula 

Rate 

There are no changes from the 

existing formula rate to the proposed 

formula rate. The proposed formula rate 

for Stampede’s non-firm power is 

designed to recover an annual revenue 

requirement that includes investment 

repayment, interest, purchase power, 

reimbursable operation and 

maintenance expenses, and other 

expenses. The proposed formula rate for 

Stampede power is: 

Stampede Annual Transferred PRR = 

Stampede Annual PRR¥Stampede 

Revenue 

Where: 

Stampede Annual Transferred PRR = 

Stampede Annual PRR as identified as a 

cost transferred to the CVP. 

Stampede Annual PRR = the total PRR for 

Stampede required to repay all annual 

costs, including interest, and the 

investment within the allowable period. 

Stampede Revenue = Revenue from applying 

the Stampede Energy Exchange Account 

(SEEA) rate to project generation. 

The SEEA is an annual energy 

exchange account for Stampede energy. 

Under the contract, TDF accepts 

delivery of all energy generated from 

Stampede and integrates this generation 

into its resource portfolio. The monthly 

calculation of revenue from Stampede 

energy received by TDF is credited into 

the SEEA at the SEEA rate. WAPA can 

use the SEEA to benefit project use 

facilities and market energy from 

Stampede to CVP preference entities. 

In the SEEA, the revenues from sales 

(generation revenues) made at the SEEA 

rate are reduced by the project use, 

station service power costs, and SEEA 

administrative costs. WAPA applies the 

ratio of project use cost to the generation 

revenue recorded in the SEEA to 

determine a non-reimbursable 

percentage. One hundred percent minus 

the non-reimbursable percentage 

establishes a reimbursable percentage. 

This reimbursable percentage is then 

applied to the appropriate power-related 

costs to determine the reimbursable 

costs for repayment. The reimbursable 

costs are then netted against generation 

revenues made at the SEEA rate. 

Legal Authority 

Existing DOE procedures for public 

participation in power and transmission 


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6 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

7This Act transferred to, and vested in, the 

Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions 

of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 

and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under 

the Reclamation Act of 1902 (Ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 

388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent 

laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)); and other 

acts that specifically apply to the project involved. 

8 In compliance with the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347; the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing 

Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021). 

rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were 

published on September 18, 1985, and 

February 21, 2019.6 The proposed 

action constitutes a minor rate 

adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR 

903.2(e)(2). In accordance with 10 CFR 

903.15(a) and 10 CFR 903.16(a), Sierra 

Nevada Region will hold a public 

information and public comment forum 

for this minor rate adjustment. Sierra 

Nevada Region will review and consider 

all timely public comments at the 

conclusion of the consultation and 

comment period and make amendments 

or adjustments to the proposal as 

appropriate. Proposed rates will then be 

approved on an interim basis. 

WAPA is establishing the non-firm 

power formula rate for Washoe Project, 

Stampede Division in accordance with 

section 302 of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7152).7

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, 

effective November 19, 2016, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the WAPA 

Administrator; (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, or to remand 

or disapprove such rates, to FERC. By 

Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S4–2021, 

effective February 25, 2021, the Acting 

Secretary of Energy also delegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to the Under Secretary for Science (and 

Energy). By Redelegation Order No. S4– 

DEL–OE1–2021–2, also effective 

December 8, 2021, the Under Secretary 

for Science (and Energy) redelegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. 

By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10– 

05, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant 

Secretary for Electricity further 

redelegated the authority to confirm, 

approve, and place such rates into effect 

on an interim basis to WAPA’s 

Administrator. This redelegation order, 

despite predating the December 2021 

delegations, remains valid. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that Sierra Nevada Region 

initiates or uses to develop the proposed 

non-firm power formula rate are 

available for inspection and copying at 

the Sierra Nevada Region, Western Area 

Power Administration, 114 Parkshore 

Drive, Folsom, California 95630. Many 

of these documents and supporting 

information are also available on 

WAPA’s website at https://

www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/rates/Pages/ 

Rate-Case-2022-WAPA-201.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA is in the process of 

determining whether an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement should be prepared or if this 

action can be categorically excluded 

from those requirements.8

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on March 22, 2022, 

by Tracey A. LeBeau, Administrator, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document, 

with the original signature and date, is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on March 31, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9614–01–OA] 

Request for Nominations for a Science 

Advisory Board Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to form 

a panel to review the new cloud-based 

Environmental Benefits and Mapping 

(BenMAP) tool, an open-source 

computer program that calculates 

estimated air pollution-related deaths 

and illnesses and their associated 

economic value. BenMAP is a shorthand 

title referring to the EPA’s 

Environmental Benefits Mapping and 

Analysis Program, which has recently 

been updated to a new software 

platform built with Java code for the 

interface. The panel will review the 

latest available public release version of 

the BenMAP software. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by April 26, 2022 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

request for nominations may contact Dr. 

Bryan Bloomer, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board via telephone/voice mail (202) 

564–4222, or email at bloomer.bryan@

epa.gov. General information 

concerning the EPA SAB can be found 

at the EPA SAB website at https://

sab.epa.gov. For information concerning 

BenMAP, please contact Dr. Peter 

Maniloff by email at maniloff.peter@

epa.gov or phone (919) 541–5548. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice, and recommendations to the 

EPA Administrator on the technical 

basis for EPA actions. As a Federal 

Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts 

business in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. app. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB Staff Office is forming an 

expert panel, the BenMAP Review 

Panel, under the auspices of the 

Chartered SAB. The BenMAP Review 

Panel will provide advice through the 

chartered SAB. The SAB and the 

BenMAP Review Panel will comply 

with the provisions of FACA and all 


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