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1The Commission issued a minor license for the 

Upper Beaver Falls Project on April 19, 1985 

(expiring December 31, 2017), and for the Lower 

Beaver Falls Project on October 18, 1979 (expiring 

September 30, 2019). On June 8, 2012, the licensee 

requested to accelerate expiration of the Lower 

Beaver Falls Project license term to December 31, 

2017, in order to coordinate relicensing proceedings 

for both projects, which the Commission granted on 

October 10, 2012. In its December 30, 2015, license 

application, Algonquin Power (Beaver Falls), LLC 

proposes to combine both minor projects into a 

single, major project under 5 megawatts. However, 

the current licenses for both projects are minor 

licenses where the applicability of section 15 of the 

FPA was waived. 

Programs on the stewardship and 

maintenance of the Nation’s nuclear 

deterrent. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of this meeting of the DPAC is to 

provide organizational updates, the path 

forward on the Committee report 

provided to the National Nuclear 

Security Administration in response to 

its charge, and to have initial discussion 

of the next charges to the Committee. 

Type of Meeting: In the interest of 

national security, the meeting will be 

closed to the public. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 

2, section 10(d), and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Management 

Regulation, 41 CFR 102–3.155, 

incorporate by reference the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b, which, at 552b(c)(1) and 

(c)(3) permits closure of meetings where 

restricted data or other classified 

matters will be discussed. Such data 

and matters will be discussed at this 

meeting. 

Tentative Agenda: Opening Remarks; 

DP Programmatic Updates; Path forward 

on DPAC report; Subcommittee Update, 

Discussion of next charges; Conclusion. 

Public Participation: There will be no 

public participation in this closed 

meeting. Those wishing to provide 

written comments or statements to the 

Committee are invited to send them to 

Dana Hunter at the address listed above. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will not be available. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11, 

2018. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00759 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER18–624–000] 

Woomera Energy, LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of 

Woomera Energy LLC‘s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is January 29, 

2018. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also 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. 

Dated: January 9, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00753 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 2593–000; 2823–000] 

Algonquin Power (Beaver Falls), LLC; 

Notice of Authorization for Continued 

Project Operation 

On December 30, 2015, Algonquin 

Power (Beaver Falls), LLC, licensee for 

the Upper Beaver Falls Hydroelectric 

Project No. 2593 and the Lower Beaver 

Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2823, 

filed a joint application for subsequent 

license 1 pursuant to the Federal Power 

Act (FPA) and the Commission’s 

regulations thereunder. Both projects 

are located on the Beaver River in the 

towns of Croghan and New Bremen in 

Lewis County, New York. 

The license terms for Project Nos. 

2593 and 2823 ended on December 31, 

2017. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 

U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the 

Commission, at the expiration of a 

license term, to issue from year-to-year 

an annual license to the then licensee 

under the terms and conditions of the 

prior license until a new license is 

issued, or the project is otherwise 

disposed of as provided in section 15 or 

any other applicable section of the FPA. 

If the project’s prior license waived the 

applicability of section 15 of the FPA, 

then, based on section 9(b) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 

558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR 

16.21(a), if the licensee of such project 

has filed an application for a subsequent 

license, the licensee may continue to 

operate the project in accordance with 

the terms and conditions of the license 

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. 2593 

is issued to the licensee for a period 

effective January 1, 2018 through 

December 31, 2018 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 December 31, 2018, 

notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 

18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual license 


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2628 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 2018 / Notices 

1The appendices referenced in this notice will 

not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 

using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502– 

8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, 

refer to the last page of this notice. 

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 projects are not subject to 

section 15 of the FPA, notice is hereby 

given that the licensee, Algonquin 

Power (Beaver Falls), LLC, is authorized 

to continue operation of the Upper 

Beaver Falls and Lower Beaver Falls 

Hydroelectric Projects, until such time 

as the Commission acts on its license 

application. 

Dated: January 11, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00751 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–24–000] 

Steel Reef Pipelines US LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 

Saskatchewan Pipeline 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 South Saskatchewan Pipeline 

Project involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Steel Reef 

Pipelines US LLC (Steel Reef) in Burke 

County, North Dakota. 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 

10, 2018. 

If you sent comments on this project 

to the Commission before the opening of 

this docket on December 8, 2017, you 

will need to file those comments in 

Docket No. CP18–24–000 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. 

Steel Reef 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, 

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. If you are filing a 

comment on a particular project, please 

select Comment on a Filing as the filing 

type; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address. Be sure to reference 

the project docket number (C18–24–000) 

with your submission: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Steel Reef’s proposed Saskatchewan 

Pipeline Project, referred to as the 

Border Crossing Facilities in its 

application, includes a 250-foot-long 

10.75-inch-outside-diameter pipeline 

along with aboveground facilities 

including a metering facility, a remote 

telemetry unit, and a pig trap launcher. 

The facilities are part of the southern 

end of Steel Reef’s planned 2.2-milelong 10.75-inch-outside-diameter South 

Saskatchewan Access Pipeline (SSA 

Pipeline) it plans to build connecting 

gathering facilities owned by Petro 

Harvester Oil & Gas, LLC near Portal, 

North Dakota to an interconnection with 

an existing natural gas processing plant 

owned by Steel Reef Infrastructure 

Corporation near North Portal in 

Saskatchewan, Canada. Steel Reef states 

that the Saskatchewan Pipeline Project’s 

facilities would, as part of the SSA 

Pipeline, permit the transport of up to 

30 million standard cubic feet per day 

of sour natural gas gathered from 

existing oil wells owned and operated 

by Petro Harvester Oil & Gas, LLC (Petro 

Harvester) within the Burke County 

region of North Dakota. 

Steel Reef requests certification by 

July 2, 2018, and expects to perform its 

construction activities in a 30-day 

period. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Steel Reef would limit its 

construction activities to 0.75 acres of 

agricultural land, comprised of 0.35 

acres of new permanent pipeline rightof-way and 0.40 acres of temporary 

workspace. The new permanent 

pipeline right-of-way width would be 65 

feet. Steel Reef would restore the 

temporary right-of-way to preabandonment conditions. An 0.14 acre 

portion of the permanent right-of-way 

would overlap the Petro Harvester lease 

where Steel Reef would have a shared 

land use agreement. None of the route 

would be co-located with other existing 

utilities, roads or other infrastructure. 

The EA Process 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to 

take into account the environmental 

impacts that could result from an action 

whenever it considers the issuance of a 

Certificate of Public Convenience and 


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