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liquefied natural gas (LNG) export 

terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. 

In the same application, Venture 

Global CP Express, LLC filed a request, 

in Docket No. CP22–22–000, under NGA 

section 7(c) and Parts 157 and 284 of the 

Commission’s regulations, for a 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity to construct and operate the 

CP Express Pipeline Project, a new 

interstate natural gas pipeline system to 

connect the CP2 LNG Project to the 

existing natural gas pipeline grid in east 

Texas and southwest Louisiana. 

The Commission issued a Notice of 

Availability of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement on January 19, 2023. 

On July 28, 2023, the final EIS was 

issued. As noted above, on June 27, 

2024, the Commission issued an 

Authorization Order for the projects, 

agreeing with the conclusions presented 

in the final EIS. 

Additional Information 

In order to receive notification of the 

issuance of the SEIS and to keep track 

of formal issuances and submittals in 

specific dockets, the Commission offers 

a free service called eSubscription. This 

service provides automatic notification 

of filings made to subscribed dockets, 

document summaries, and direct links 

to the documents. Go to https://

www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 

register for eSubscription. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings, the 

public is encouraged to contact OPP at 

(202) 502–6595 or OPP@ferc.gov. 

Additional information about the 

projects is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs 

at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov). Using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link, select ‘‘General Search’’ 

from the eLibrary menu, enter the 

selected date range and ‘‘Docket 

Number’’ excluding the last three digits 

(i.e., CP22–21 and CP22–22), and follow 

the instructions. For assistance with 

access to eLibrary, the helpline can be 

reached at (866) 208–3676, TTY (202) 

502–8659, or at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov. The eLibrary link on the FERC 

website also provides access to the texts 

of formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rule makings. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28409 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2392–041] 

Ampersand Gilman Hydro, LP; Notice 

of Application Ready for 

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting 

Comments, Recommendations, Terms 

and Conditions, and Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2392–041. 

c. Date filed: March 29, 2022. 

d. Applicant: Ampersand Gilman 

Hydro, LP. 

e. Name of Project: Gilman 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Connecticut River and straddles the 

Village of Gilman, within the Town of 

Lunenburg, Essex County, Vermont, and 

the Town of Dalton, Coos County, New 

Hampshire. The project does not occupy 

any Federal or Tribal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Sayad 

Moudachirou, Licensing Manager, 717 

Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, MA 

02111; phone: (617) 933–7206 or email: 

sayad@ampersandenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Ousmane Sidibe, 

(202) 502–6245 or ousmane.sidibe@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days 

from the issuance date of this notice; 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. 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 submit a 

paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Room 1A, 

Washington, DC 20426. Submissions 

sent via any other carrier must be 

addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings 

must clearly identify the project name 

and docket number on the first page: 

Gilman Hydroelectric Project (P–2392– 

041). 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

and is ready for environmental analysis 

at this time. 

l. The Gilman Hydroelectric Project 

consists of: (1) a 324.5-foot-wide 

concrete dam with a crest elevation of 

826.8 feet above mean sea level (msl) 

spanning the river’s width with a 5-foothigh, 108-foot-long rubber bladder and a 

6.5-foot-high, 109-foot-long rubber 

bladder surmounted on two overflow 

spillways measuring 112.9 feet and 113 

feet in width and an 18-foot-high, 27- 

foot-wide hydraulically operated 

crestgate; (2) a downstream fish passage 

system; (3) a 130-acre impoundment at 

a normal maximum surface elevation of 

833.3 feet msl; (4) a steel- and timberframed powerhouse with an integral 

water intake draft tube containing four 

generating turbine units with a total 

installed capacity of 4.95 megawatts 

located at the Vermont side of the dam; 

(5) a 242-foot-long, 23.75-foot-wide 

trash rack with approximately 2-inch 

spacing; (6) a 200-foot-long transmission 

line connecting the 34.5 kilovolt-ampere 

transformer to National Grid’s 

switchyard; and (7) appurtenant 

facilities. 

Ampersand Gilman Hydro, LP 

proposes to continue to operate the 

project in a run-of-river mode with no 

storage or flood control capacity. In 

accordance with Condition A of the 

Vermont Department of Environmental 

Conservation’s water quality 


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1 In accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s regulations, the unique 

identification number for documents relating to this 

environmental review is EAXX–019–20–000– 

1731681706. 40 CFR 1501.5(c)(4) (2024). 

2The Commission’s deadline applies to the 

decisions of other Federal agencies, and State 

agencies acting under federally delegated authority, 

that are responsible for Federal authorizations, 

permits, and other approvals necessary for 

proposed projects under the Natural Gas Act. Per 

18 CFR 157.22(a), the Commission’s deadline for 

other agency’s decisions applies unless a schedule 

is otherwise established by Federal law. 

certification issued for the project, the 

project adheres to the following 

downstream minimum flow release 

requirements: (1) from June 1 through 

October 15, when river flows are less 

than 1,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), 

pass a minimum flow of 210 cfs over the 

crestgate; (2) provide a minimum flow 

of 757 cfs during operational issues or 

refilling of the impoundment; and (3) 

for faster impoundment refill based on 

consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and other agencies, a 

minimum flow of no less than 300 cfs 

to protect the dwarf wedge mussel until 

normal operations are restored. The 

project can operate in most of the 

extreme conditions of the Connecticut 

River and generate electricity from flows 

of 130 cfs up to high flood conditions 

of 35,000 cfs. The estimated average 

annual generation of the project from 

2008 to 2018 is 25,000 megawatt-hours. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review via the internet 

through the Commission’s Home Page 

(https://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. At this time, the Commission 

has suspended access to the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 

For assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY (202) 

502–8659. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or 

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

recommendations, terms and conditions 

or prescriptions must set forth their 

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

Each filing must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed on 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members, and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

You may also register online at 

https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

o. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations, and Agency Terms and Conditions/Prescriptions ... January 26, 2025. 

Licensee’s Reply to REA Comments ......................................................................................................... March 12, 2025. 

Dated: November 27, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28406 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Docket No. CP24–529–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

L.L.C.; Notice of Schedule for the 

Preparation of an Environmental 

Assessment for the 507G Line 

Abandonment Project 

On September 30, 2024, Tennessee 

Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. filed an 

application in Docket No. CP24–529– 

000 requesting an Authorization 

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural 

Gas Act to abandon certain natural gas 

pipeline facilities. The proposed project 

is known as the 507G Line 

Abandonment Project (Project) and 

would consist of abandonment in-place 

and by removal of a portion of the 

507G–100 Line and the 507G–500 Line. 

On October 11, 2024, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) issued its Notice 

of Application and Establishing 

Intervention Deadline (Notice of 

Application) for the Project. Among 

other things, that notice alerted agencies 

issuing federal authorizations of the 

requirement to complete all necessary 

reviews and to reach a final decision on 

a request for a federal authorization 

within 90 days of the date of issuance 

of the Commission staff’s environmental 

document for the Project. 

This notice identifies Commission 

staff’s intention to prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Project and the planned schedule for the 

completion of the environmental 

review.1 The EA will be issued for a 30- 

day comment period. 

Schedule for Environmental Review 

Issuance of EA—April 25, 2025 

90-day Federal Authorization Decision 

Deadline 2—July 24, 2025 

If a schedule change becomes 

necessary, additional notice will be 

provided so that the relevant agencies 

are kept informed of the Project’s 

progress. 

Project Description 

The Project would consist of 

abandonment in-place of approximately 

59.6 miles and abandonment by removal 

at 56 locations, totaling 15.8 miles, of 

the 16-inch-diameter 507G–100 Line 

and disconnection and removal of 

appurtenant facilities at 44 locations. In 

addition, the Project would involve 

abandonment in-place of about 7.9 

miles and abandonment by removal of 


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