372 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 2 / Wednesday, January 3, 2018 / Notices 

1 159 FERC 62,245 (2017). 

2 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) (2017). 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary 

link and is available for electronic 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an eSubscription link on the 

website that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on January 4, 2018. 

Dated: December 22, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28323 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3342–020] 

Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of 

Intent To File License Application, 

Filing of Pre-Application Document, 

and Approving Use of The Traditional 

Licensing Process 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 3342–020. 

c. Date Filed: October 27, 2017. 

d. Submitted By: Briar Hydro 

Associates, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Penacook Lower 

Falls Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Contoocook River, 

in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. 

No federal lands are occupied by the 

project works or located within the 

project boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: 

Andrew J. Locke, Essex Hydro 

Associates, LLC, 55 Union Street, 

Boston, MA 02108; (617) 357–0032; or 

email—alocke@essexhydro.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at 

(202) 502–6181; or email at 

jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov. 

j. Briar Hydro Associates, LLC filed its 

request to use the Traditional Licensing 

Process on October 27, 2017. Briar 

Hydro Associates, LLC provided public 

notice of its request on November 14, 

2017. In a letter dated December 22, 

2017, the Director of the Division of 

Hydropower Licensing approved Briar 

Hydro Associates, LLC’s request to use 

the Traditional Licensing Process. 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries 

under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act and implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are 

also initiating consultation with the 

New Hampshire State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. Briar Hydro Associates, LLC filed a 

Pre-Application Document (PAD; 

including a proposed process plan and 

schedule) with the Commission, 

pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

m. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s website (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. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCONlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in 

paragraph h. 

n. The licensee states its unequivocal 

intent to submit an application for a 

new license for Project No. 3342. 

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 

each application for a new license and 

any competing license applications 

must be filed with the Commission at 

least 24 months prior to the expiration 

of the existing license. All applications 

for license for this project must be filed 

by October 31, 2020. 

o. Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filing and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: December 22, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28324 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14835–001] 

Notice of Surrender of Preliminary 

Permit; Merchant Hydro Developers, 

LLC 

Take notice that Merchant Hydro 

Developers, LLC, permittee for the 

proposed Susan Russ Memorial Pumped 

Storage Hydroelectric Project, has 

requested that its preliminary permit be 

terminated. The permit was issued on 

June 6, 2017, and would have expired 

on May 31, 2020.1 The project would 

have been located near the town of 

Manhattan in Tioga County, 

Pennsylvania. 

The preliminary permit for Project 

No. 14835 will remain in effect until the 

close of business, January 26, 2018. But, 

if the Commission is closed on this day, 

then the permit remains in effect until 

the close of business on the next day in 

which the Commission is open.2 New 

applications for this site may not be 

submitted until after the permit 

surrender is effective. 

Dated: December 27, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28346 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC18–40–000. 

Applicants: Public Service Company 

of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric 

Power Company, States Edge Wind I 

LLC. 

Description: Joint Application for 

Authorization of Transaction Under 

Section 203 of the Federal Power Act 

and Requests for Waivers of Filing 

Requirements, et al. of Public Service 

Company of Oklahoma, et al. 


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