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BC–0013 in the subject line of the 

message. 

No telefacsimilies (‘‘faxes’’) will be 

accepted. 

Although DOE has routinely accepted 

public comment submissions through a 

variety of mechanisms, including postal 

mail and hand delivery/courier, the 

Department has found it necessary to 

make temporary modifications to the 

comment submission process in light of 

the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic. DOE 

is currently suspending receipt of public 

comments via postal mail and hand 

delivery/courier. If a commenter finds 

that this change poses an undue 

hardship, please contact the parties 

listed below to discuss the need for 

alternative arrangements. Once the 

COVID–19 pandemic health emergency 

is resolved, DOE anticipates resuming 

all of its regular options for public 

comment submission, including postal 

mail and hand delivery/courier. 

Docket: The docket for this activity, 

which includes Federal Register 

notices, comments, and other 

supporting documents/materials, is 

available for review at 

www.regulations.gov. All documents in 

the docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. However, 

not all documents listed in the index 

may be publicly available, such as 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure. The docket web page can be 

found at: www.regulations.gov/docket/ 

EERE-2021-BT-BC-0013. The docket 

web page contains instructions on how 

to access all documents, including 

public comments, in the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeremiah Williams; U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, EE–5B, 

Washington, DC 20585; (202) 287–1941; 

Jeremiah.Williams@ee.doe.gov. 

For legal issues, please contact 

Matthew Ring; U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, GC–33, 

Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586–2555; 

Matthew.Ring@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

14, 2021, DOE published notice of a 

stakeholder workshop on the Future of 

Energy Codes (86 FR 31491), which was 

subsequently held on June 22 and 24, 

2021. The workshop highlighted leading 

advancements in energy codes, bringing 

together key stakeholders from across 

the design and construction industry to 

discuss recent code updates, upcoming 

trends, as well as opportunities and 

challenges facing code implementation. 

In parallel with the workshop, a public 

docket was made available to provide 

interested stakeholders the option of 

submitting written comments, in 

addition to participating directly in the 

workshop, with comments requested by 

July 8, 2021. (86 FR 31491) On June 30, 

2021, DOE received a request from the 

American Gas Association, American 

Public Gas Association, National 

Association of Home Builders, and 

National Propane Gas Association to 

extend the public comment period by 45 

days. These interested parties asked for 

additional time to review the workshop 

materials, consider the questions 

presented, and in recognition that the 

original comment period included a 

federal holiday. 

After considering the request, DOE 

finds that a 45-day extension of the 

initial comment period would 

unnecessarily delay DOE’s ability to 

utilize information provided in the 

workshop and in comments. Such delay 

would also hinder its ability to 

effectively participate in and support 

the processes for updating building 

energy codes. However, DOE recognizes 

the concerns presented in the request, 

and DOE believes that a brief reopening 

of the comment period will enable the 

public to better review and comment on 

the information presented at the 

workshop. Accordingly, DOE finds it 

appropriate to reopen the comment 

period and will accept comments until 

July 31, 2021. DOE will consider any 

comments received by this date to be 

timely submitted. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on July 2, 2021, by 

Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting 

Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14576 Filed 7–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1061–103] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

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: Major, new 

license. 

b. Project No.: P–1061–103. 

c. Date filed: August 24, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: Phoenix 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the South Fork Stanislaus 

River and in the Tuolumne River Basin, 

in Tuolumne County, California. The 

project occupies 26.99 acres of federal 

land administered by the U.S. Forest 

Service and 0.59 acres administered by 

the Bureau of Land Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Jan Nimick, 

Vice President, Power Generation, 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 245 

Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, 

(415) 973–0629. 

i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter, (503) 

552–2760 or james.hastreiter@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 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, (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: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 


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Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–1061–103. 

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 existing Phoenix Hydroelectric 

Project operates to provide water to the 

Tuolumne Utility District, generate 

power, and meet streamflow 

requirements for the South Fork 

Stanislaus River. The project consists of 

the following existing facilities: (1) A 

535-foot-long and 132-foot-high 

concrete arch dam on the South Fork 

Stanislaus River, (2) a 172.3 acre 

reservoir, (3) a 133.1-foot-long and 20- 

foot-high concrete arch cushion dam, (4) 

a 15.38-mile-long Main Tuolumne 

Canal, (5) a Header Box (forebay), a 

5,611-foot-long penstock, and a 

powerhouse with an impulse turbine 

rated at 1.6 megawatts. The project is 

estimated to generate an average of 

9,956 megawatt-hours annually. 

PG&E does not propose any new 

developments at this time. However, 

PG&E proposes to modify the existing 

project boundary to encompass all 

facilities necessary for operation and 

maintenance of the project. PG&E 

proposes to include 21 roads and 14 

trails within the project boundary and 

adjust the boundary around Lyons 

Reservoir, along the MTC and several of 

its spill channels, and along the 

penstock. The area of federal land 

within the project boundary will 

increase for Bureau of Land 

Management lands to 1.55 acres and 

National Forest Lands to 29.78 acres. 

With the proposed boundary changes, 

the overall lands within the project 

boundary will increase to 348.5 acres 

m. 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 website at 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 (i.e., P– 

1061). At this time, the Commission has 

suspended access to the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

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. 

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. Please note that the 

certification request must comply with 

40 CFR 121.5(b), including 

documentation that a pre-filing meeting 

request was submitted to the certifying 

authority at least 30 days prior to 

submitting the certification request. 

Please also note that the certification 

request must be sent to the certifying 

authority and to the Commission 

concurrently. 

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— 

August 31, 2021 

Licensee’s Reply to REA Comments— 

October 15, 2021 

Commission issues Draft EA—May 2022 

Comments on EA—June 2022 

Commission issues Final EA— 

September 2022 

Commission issues license order— 

December 2022 

Dated: July 2, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14624 Filed 7–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL21–88–000] 

Great River Energy; Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on July 1, 2021, Great 

River Energy (GRE), filed a revised 

revenue requirement for providing 

Reactive Supply and Voltage Control 

from Generation or Other Sources 

Service (Reactive Power Service) 

supplied by GRE’s generation resources 

located in the Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc.’s 

region. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

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. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 


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