8796 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 21 / Monday, February 3, 2025 / Notices 

1 18 CFR 157.205. 

2Persons include individuals, organizations, 

businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 

CFR 385.102(d). 

3 18 CFR 157.205(e). 

4 18 CFR 385.214. 

5 18 CFR 157.10. 

Dated: January 27, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02079 Filed 1–31–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP25–49–000] 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization and Establishing 

Intervention and Protest Deadline 

Take notice that on January 16, 2025, 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas 

Eastern), 915 N. Eldridge Parkway, Suite 

1100, Houston, Texas 77079, filed in the 

above referenced docket, a prior notice 

request pursuant to sections 157.205 

and 157.208 of the Commission’s 

regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA), and Texas Eastern’s blanket 

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82– 

535–000, for authorization to replace 

three segments of its existing 30-inchdiameter pipelines (Lines 10, 15, and 

25) totaling 2.19 miles and upgrade an 

existing meter and regulator station 

(M&R 72672) all located in Wilson 

County, Tennessee (Project). The Project 

will allow Texas Eastern to ensure 

continued safe and compliant 

operations following the identification 

of a pipeline class location change set 

forth by the Pipeline Hazardous and 

Materials Safety Administration and 

Department of Transportation. The 

estimated cost for the Project is $24.8 

million, all as more fully set forth in the 

request which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov). From the Commission’s 

Home Page on the internet, this 

information is available on eLibrary. 

The full text of this document is 

available on eLibrary in PDF and 

Microsoft Word format for viewing, 

printing, and/or downloading. To access 

this document in eLibrary, type the 

docket number excluding the last three 

digits of this document in the docket 

number field. 

User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s website 

during normal business hours from 

FERC Online Support at (202) 502–6652 

(toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the 

Public Reference Room at (202) 502– 

8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the 

Public Reference Room at 

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. 

Any questions concerning this request 

should be directed to Berk Donaldson, 

Director, Regulatory, Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP, P.O. Box 1642, 

Houston, Texas 77251–1642, by 

telephone at (713) 627–4488, by fax at 

(713) 627–5947, or by email at 

Berk.Donaldson@enbridge.com. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 

intervene in the proceeding, and you 

can file comments on the project. There 

is no fee or cost for filing protests, 

motions to intervene, or comments. The 

deadline for filing protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on March 28, 2025. How 

to file protests, motions to intervene, 

and comments is explained below. 

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. 

Protests 

Pursuant to section 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA,1 any person 2 or the Commission’s 

staff may file a protest to the request. If 

no protest is filed within the time 

allowed or if a protest is filed and then 

withdrawn within 30 days after the 

allowed time for filing a protest, the 

proposed activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request for 

authorization will be considered by the 

Commission. 

Protests must comply with the 

requirements specified in section 

157.205(e) of the Commission’s 

regulations,3 and must be submitted by 

the protest deadline, which is March 28, 

2025. A protest may also serve as a 

motion to intervene so long as the 

protestor states it also seeks to be an 

intervenor. 

Interventions 

Any person has the option to file a 

motion to intervene in this proceeding. 

Only intervenors have the right to 

request rehearing of Commission orders 

issued in this proceeding and to 

subsequently challenge the 

Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit 

Courts of Appeal. 

To intervene, you must submit a 

motion to intervene to the Commission 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure 4 and the regulations under 

the NGA 5 by the intervention deadline 

for the project, which is March 28, 2025. 

As described further in Rule 214, your 

motion to intervene must state, to the 

extent known, your position regarding 

the proceeding, as well as your interest 

in the proceeding. For an individual, 

this could include your status as a 

landowner, ratepayer, resident of an 

impacted community, or recreationist. 

You do not need to have property 

directly impacted by the project in order 

to intervene. For more information 

about motions to intervene, refer to the 

FERC website at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. 

All timely, unopposed motions to 

intervene are automatically granted by 

operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to 

intervene that are filed after the 

intervention deadline are untimely and 

may be denied. Any late-filed motion to 

intervene must show good cause for 

being late and must explain why the 

time limitation should be waived and 

provide justification by reference to 

factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the 

Commission’s Rules and Regulations. A 

person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies (paper or electronic) 

of all documents filed by the applicant 

and by all other parties. 

Comments 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the project may do so. The Commission 

considers all comments received about 

the project in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken. To 

ensure that your comments are timely 

and properly recorded, please submit 


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6Additionally, you may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment feature, 

which is located on the Commission’s website at 

www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and 

Filings. Using eComment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit brief, text-only 

comments on a project. 

your comments on or before March 28, 

2025. The filing of a comment alone will 

not serve to make the filer a party to the 

proceeding. To become a party, you 

must intervene in the proceeding. 

How To File Protests, Interventions, 

and Comments 

There are two ways to submit 

protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments. In both instances, please 

reference the Project docket number 

CP25–49–000 in your submission. 

(1) You may file your protest, motion 

to intervene, and comments by using the 

Commission’s eFiling feature, which is 

located on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be 

asked to select the type of filing you are 

making; first select ‘‘General’’ and then 

select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 6

(2) You can file a paper copy of your 

submission by mailing it to the address 

below. Your submission must reference 

the Project docket number CP25–49– 

000. 

To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other method: DebbieAnne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of submissions (option 

1 above) and has eFiling staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail at: Berk Donaldson, Director, 

Regulatory, Texas Eastern Transmission, 

LP, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 

77251–1642, or by email (with a link to 

the document) at Berk.Donaldson@

enbridge.com. Any subsequent 

submissions by an intervenor must be 

served on the applicant and all other 

parties to the proceeding. Contact 

information for parties can be 

downloaded from the service list at the 

eService link on FERC Online. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Dated: January 27, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02082 Filed 1–31–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2150–153] 

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment 

On July 14, 2022, as supplemented on 

August 1, 2023, Puget Sound Energy, 

Inc. (licensee) filed a draft biological 

assessment (BA) under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

addressing the potential effects that 

could occur to federally-listed species, 

designated critical habitat, and essential 

fish habitat (EFH) as a result of the 

licensee’s proposed Upper Baker Dam 

Spillway Stability Improvements and 

Tailrace Channel Rock Debris Removal 

Project (Spillway Project) at the Baker 

River Hydroelectric Project No. 2150. 

On September 15, 2021, the licensee 

filed a Water Quality Protection Plan in 

support of the proposed Spillway 

Project. The Baker River Project consists 

of two developments, Upper Baker and 

Lower Baker, and is located on the 

Baker River in Skagit and Whatcom 

counties, Washington. The project 

occupies federal lands administered by 

the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) 

within the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 

National Forest. 

The licensee proposes to improve 

stability of the Upper Baker Dam 

spillway slope and remove accumulated 

rockfall debris material in the tailrace 

channel downstream of the dam. To 

stabilize the spillway slope, the licensee 

plans to excavate the rockfall debris 

from the tailrace channel and backfill 

the existing sluiceway structure with 

concrete or cementitious grout, 

imported coarse and fine aggregate, and 

a portion of the rockfall debris, creating 

a concrete rock buttress to improve the 

stability of the spillway slope. The 

proposed project is needed because the 

existing spillway slope has been 

identified as a potential failure mode for 

the Upper Baker Dam, and rockfall 

debris in the channel downstream of the 

dam contributes to flooding of the 

powerhouse during spill events and has 

reduced power generation. 

On August 17, 2022, Commission staff 

issued a Notice of Water Quality 

Protection Plan Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions to 

Intervene, and Protests. On August 30, 

2022 and September 16, 2022, the 

Washington State Department of Fish 

and Wildlife and Forest Service, 

respectively, filed notices of 

intervention. No other comments or 

motions to intervene were received. 

On August 17, 2022, Commission staff 

adopted the licensee’s draft BA without 

modification as the Commission’s final 

BA and requested formal consultation 

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) and the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS). By letter 

dated February 21, 2023, Commission 

staff updated the request for 

consultation under section 7 of the ESA 

from formal to informal consultation 

between NMFS and the Commission. 

On September 25, 2023, Commission 

staff issued separate letters to the FWS 

and NMFS, informing the agencies of 

the supplemental information filed by 

the licensee on August 1, 2023, and 

updating the requests for consultation 

under section 7 of the ESA. On August 

15, 2023, NMFS filed a letter of 

concurrence with the Commission’s 

determinations that the proposed 

Spillway Project is not likely to 

adversely affect the NMFS ESA-listed 

species and/or designated critical 

habitat. On November 3, 2023, the FWS 

filed its Biological Opinion in response 

to the Commission’s BA. 

In the August 17, 2022 letter, and 

reiterated in the February 21, 2023 

letter, Commission staff also 

determined, pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act), that the Spillway Project may 

adversely affect EFH for Pacific coast 

salmon. In the August 15, 2023 letter, 

NMFS reviewed the proposed Spillway 

Project for potential effects on EFH 

under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 


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