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development. Please be aware that this 

RFI is not a Funding Opportunity 

Announcement, a Request for Proposal, 

or other form of solicitation, or bid for 

DOE to fund potential research, 

development, planning, centers, or other 

activity. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email: One copy of the 

document marked ‘‘confidential’’ 

including all the information believed to 

be confidential, and one copy of the 

document marked ‘‘non-confidential’’ 

with the information believed to be 

confidential deleted. DOE will make its 

own determination about the 

confidential status of the information 

and treat it according to its 

determination. Factors of interest to 

DOE when evaluating requests to treat 

submitted information as confidential 

include: (1) A description of the items, 

(2) whether and why such items are 

customarily treated as confidential 

within the industry, (3) whether the 

information is generally known by or 

available from other sources, (4) 

whether the information has previously 

been made available to others without 

obligation concerning confidentiality, 

(5) an explanation of the competitive 

injury to the submitting person which 

would result from public disclosure, (6) 

when such information might lose its 

confidential character due to the 

passage of time, and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on August 11, 2021, 

by Harriet Kung, Deputy Director for 

Science Programs, Office of Science, 

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 August 11, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17520 Filed 8–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 2572–133 2458–247] 

Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Applications, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document, Commencement of PreFiling Process, and Scoping; Request 

for Comments on the Pad and Scoping 

Document, Identification of Issues and 

Associated Study Requests, and 

Virtual Public Scoping Meetings and 

Virtual Environmental Site Review 

a. Type of Filing: Notices of Intent to 

File License Applications for New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project Nos.: 2572–133 and 2458– 

247. 

c. Date Filed: June 11, 2021. 

d. Submitted By: Great Lakes Hydro 

America, LLC. 

e. Name of Projects: Ripogenus 

Hydroelectric Project and Penobscot 

Mills Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the West Branch of the 

Penobscot River and Millinocket Stream 

in Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties, 

Maine. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Licensee Contact: Randall Dorman, 

Licensing Manager, Brookfield 

Renewable, 150 Main Street, Lewiston, 

ME 04240; (207) 755–5605; 

randy.dorman@

brookfieldrenewable.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at 

(202) 502–8365, or email at 

allan.creamer@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 

Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC as the 

Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC 

filed with the Commission a PreApplication Document (PAD; including 

a proposed process plan and schedule), 

pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

n. 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 via the 

internet through the Commission’s 

Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov), using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number(s), 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, 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 

or TYY, (202) 502–8659. 

Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to these or other pending 

projects. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and Commission 

staff’s 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 applications must be filed 

with the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents using the Commission’s 


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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, 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 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

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 

by October 9, 2021. 

p. Scoping Process: The Commission’s 

scoping process will help determine the 

required level of analysis and satisfy the 

NEPA scoping requirements, 

irrespective of whether the Commission 

prepares an environmental assessment 

or Environmental Impact Statement. 

Due to on-going concerns with large 

gatherings related to COVID–19, we do 

not intend to hold in-person public 

scoping meetings or an in-person 

environmental site review. Rather, we 

will hold virtual public scoping 

meetings and a virtual environmental 

site review. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

virtual public scoping meetings. A 

daytime meeting will focus on concerns 

of resource agencies, Native American 

tribes, and NGOs while an evening 

meeting will focus on receiving input 

from the public. We invite all interested 

agencies, Native American tribes, NGOs, 

and individuals to attend one of these 

meetings to assist us in identifying the 

scope of environmental issues that 

should be analyzed in the NEPA 

document. The scoping meetings will be 

recorded by a court reporter. All oral 

and written comments will become part 

of the Commission’s public record. Oral 

comments will be limited to 5 minutes 

in duration. 

Date and Time 

Meeting for resource agencies, Tribes, 

and NGOs: Thursday, September 9, 

2021, 9:00–11:00 am EDT, Call in 

number: 888–604–9359, Participant 

passcode: 8998724. 

Meeting for the general public: 

Thursday, September 9, 2021, 6:30–8:30 

pm EDT, Call in number: 888–604– 

9359, Participant passcode: 8998724. 

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 and Great 

Lakes Hydro America, LLC’s mailing 

list. Copies of SD1 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 

Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC and 

Commission staff will hold a virtual 

Environmental Site Review of the 

Ripogenus Project and the Penobscot 

Mills Projects on September 9, 2021, 

starting at 1:30 p.m. Please contact Cate 

Russell of HDR, Inc. at (207) 239–3792, 

or cate.russell@hdrinc.com, by 

September 3, 2021, if you plan to attend 

the environmental site review. WebEx 

meeting details will be provided by 

HDR staff once attendance is confirmed. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Briefly describe the relicensing process, 

as well as the projects and their 

operation; (2) initiate scoping of the 

issues; (3) review existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; and (4) review the 

process plan and schedule for pre-filing 

activities. 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 notice. 

Dated: August 10, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17513 Filed 8–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP21–1021–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Middlesex Extension Project (CP20–30) 

In-Service Compliance Filing to be 

effective 9/15/2021. 

Filed Date: 8/6/21. 

Accession Number: 20210806–5031. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/18/21. 

Docket Numbers: RP21–1022–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: COH 

Neg Rate Agreement to be effective 4/1/ 

2021. 

Filed Date: 8/6/21. 

Accession Number: 20210806–5220. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/18/21. 

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. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

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: August 10, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17489 Filed 8–13–21; 8:45 am] 

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