804 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 5 / Monday, January 8, 2018 / Notices 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–571–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Attachment AE Revisions to Clarify 

ILTCRs to be effective 2/27/2018. 

Filed Date: 12/29/17. 

Accession Number: 20171229–5026 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–572–000. 

Applicants: South Central MCN LLC. 

Description: Limited Revisions to SPP 

Transmission Formula Rate Template of 

South Central MCN LLC. 

Filed Date: 12/28/17. 

Accession Number: 20171228–5306. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/18. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

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. 

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: December 29, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00124 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 5124–021] 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document (Pad), Commencement of 

Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; 

Request for Comments on the Pad and 

Scoping Document, and Identification 

of Issues and Associated Study 

Requests; Washington Electric 

Cooperative, Inc. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 5124–021. 

c. Dated Filed: October 30, 2017. 

d. Submitted By: Washington Electric 

Cooperative, Inc. 

e. Name of Project: North Branch No. 

3 Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the North Branch 

Winooski River, in Washington County, 

Vermont. The project does not occupy 

lands of the United States. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Ms. 

Patricia Richards, General Manager, 

Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc., 

P.O. Box 8, 40 Church Street East 

Montpelier, Vermont 05651; phone: 

(802) 223–5245 or email at 

patty.richards@wec.coop. 

i. FERC Contact: Michael Tust at (202) 

502–6522 or email at michael.tust@

ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item o below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) 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 (b) the State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

section 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. 

(WEC) as the Commission’s non-federal 

representatives for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. WEC 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. 

n. 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. 

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. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and 

Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 

(SD1), as well as study requests. All 

comments on the PAD and SD1, and 

study requests should be sent to the 

address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, study requests, requests for 

cooperating agency status, and all 

communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents 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. In lieu of 

electronic filing, please send a paper 

copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–5124–021. 

All filings with the Commission must 

bear the appropriate heading: Comments 

on Pre-Application Document, Study 

Requests, Comments on Scoping 

Document 1, Request for Cooperating 

Agency Status, or Communications to 

and from Commission Staff. Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

60 days following the date of issuance 

of this notice. 

p. Although our current intent is to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), there is the possibility that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be required. Nevertheless, this 

meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping 

requirements, irrespective of whether an 

EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. 


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Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the times and places noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2018. 

Time: 6:00 p.m. (EST). 

Location: Capitol Plaza Hotel and 

Conference Center, 100 State Street, 

Montpelier, VT 05602. 

Phone: (802) 223–5252. 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. (EST). 

Location: Capitol Plaza Hotel and 

Conference Center, 100 State Street, 

Montpelier, VT 05602. 

Phone: (802) 223–5252. 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the web 

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

eLibrary link. Follow the directions for 

accessing information in paragraph n. 

Based on all oral and written comments, 

a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be 

issued. SD2 may include a revised 

process plan and schedule, as well as a 

list of issues, identified through the 

scoping process. 

Environmental Site Review 

The potential applicant and 

Commission staff will conduct an 

Environmental Site Review (site visit) of 

the project on Wednesday, January 24, 

2018, starting at 1:00 p.m. and ending at 

or about 3:00 p.m. All participants 

should meet at the base of Wrightsville 

Dam near the intersection of Mill Road 

and Corry Road in Montpelier, Vermont 

05602. Participants are responsible for 

their own transportation. Persons with 

questions about the site visit should 

contact Dan Weston (802–223–5245; 

dan.weston@wec.coop) or Mark Wamser 

(603–428–4960; mwamser@

gomezandsullivan.com). 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

n. of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will be placed in the 

public records of the project. 

Dated: December 29, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00127 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–12–000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America LLC Proposed Herscher 

Northwest Storage Field Abandonment 

Project and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Herscher Northwest Storage Field 

Abandonment Project involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America LLC (Natural) in Kankakee 

County, Illinois. The Commission will 

use this EA 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 on the project. 

You can make a difference by providing 

us with your specific comments or 

concerns about the project. 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 EA. To ensure that your 

comments are timely and properly 

recorded, please send your comments so 

that the Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before February 

1, 2018. 

If you sent comments on this project 

to the Commission before the opening of 

this docket on October 31, 2017, you 

will need to file those comments in 

Docket No. CP18–12–000 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 

proposed project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America LLC provided landowners with 

a fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ 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. It is also 

available for viewing on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov). 

Public Participation 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has expert staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. This 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 

Documents and Filings. With eFiling, 


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