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1 Direct Pipe® is a construction method 

developed by Herrenknecht AG that combines 

microtunneling and horizontal direction drill 

(HDD). 

Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis.April 2022. 

Final amendments to the application 

must be filed with the Commission no 

later than 30 days from the issuance 

date of the notice of ready for 

environmental analysis. 

Dated: August 13, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17786 Filed 8–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–57–000] 

Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice 

of Availability of the Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 

Mountain Valley Pipeline Amendment 

Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Mountain Valley Pipeline Amendment 

Project (Amendment Project), proposed 

by Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC 

(Mountain Valley) in the abovereferenced docket. Mountain Valley 

requests authorization to change the 

crossing method of specific waterbodies 

and wetlands from open-cut dry 

crossings (as authorized by its October 

13, 2017 Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity [Certificate]) 

to trenchless methods (conventional 

bore, guided conventional bore, or 

Direct Pipe® 1). In addition, Mountain 

Valley requests authorization for two 

minor route adjustments to avoid 

wetlands and waterbodies and 

authorization to conduct nighttime 

construction at eight trenchless 

crossings. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Amendment Project in accordance with 

the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed project, with appropriate 

mitigating measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(COE) is a federal cooperating agency 

who assisted us in preparing this EA 

because they have jurisdiction by law or 

special expertise with respect to impacts 

to waters of the U.S. The COE may 

adopt the EA per 40 CFR 1501.8 if, after 

an independent review of the document, 

it concludes that their requirements 

and/or regulatory responsibilities have 

been satisfied. However, the COE would 

present its own conclusions and 

recommendations in its respective and 

applicable records of decision or 

determinations. Otherwise, it may elect 

to conduct its own supplemental 

environmental analyses. 

The proposed Amendment Project 

includes the following: 

• 120 trenchless crossings (117 

conventional bores, 2 guided 

conventional bores, and 1 Direct Pipe®) 

of 47 wetlands and 136 streams in 

Wetzel, Lewis, Webster, Nicholas, 

Greenbrier, Summers, and Monroe 

counties, West Virginia and Giles, 

Montgomery, Roanoke, Franklin, and 

Pittsylvania, counties, Virginia; 

• avoidance of one wetland via a shift 

in the permanent operational right-ofway at MP 0.70; 

• avoidance of one waterbody due to 

a route adjustment at MP 230.8; and 

• 24-hour construction activities at 

the previously authorized Gauley River 

and Roanoke River, two guided 

conventional bore crossings, the Direct 

Pipe® crossing, and three conventional 

bore locations. 

The Commission mailed a copy of the 

Notice of Availability to federal, state, 

and local government representatives 

and agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

and newspapers and libraries in the 

project area. The EA is only available in 

electronic format. It may be viewed and 

downloaded from the FERC’s website 

(www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas 

environmental documents page (https:// 

www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the EA may be 

accessed by using the eLibrary link on 

the FERC’s website. Click on the 

eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/search), select ‘‘General 

Search’’ and enter the docket number in 

the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field, (i.e., CP21– 

57). Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

The EA is not a decision document. 

It presents Commission staff’s 

independent analysis of the 

environmental issues for the 

Commission to consider when 

addressing the merits of all issues in 

this proceeding. Any person wishing to 

comment on the EA may do so. Your 

comments should focus on the EA’s 

disclosure and discussion of potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. To ensure that the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on this project, it is 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

September 13, 2021. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 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 FERC 

Online. This is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. 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.’’ You must select the type of 

filing you are making. If you are filing 

a comment on a particular project, 

please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

project docket number (CP21–57–000) 

on your letter. 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. 

Filing environmental comments will 

not give you intervenor status, but you 


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do not need intervenor status to have 

your comments considered. Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing or judicial review of the 

Commission’s decision. At this point in 

this proceeding, the timeframe for filing 

timely intervention requests has 

expired. Any person seeking to become 

a party to the proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene out-of-time 

pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 

(d)) and show good cause why the time 

limitation should be waived. Motions to 

intervene are more fully described at 

https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferconline/how-guides. 

Additional information about the 

project 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. 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. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ 

ferc-online/overview to register for 

eSubscription. 

Dated: August 13, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17782 Filed 8–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2433–125] 

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Comments, 

Motions To Intervene, and Protests 

August 13, 2021. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Reservoir 

Drawdown Plan. 

b. Project No.: 2433–125. 

c. Date Filed: July 28, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Wisconsin Public 

Service Corporation. 

e. Name of Project: Grand Rapids 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Menominee River in Marinette 

County, Wisconsin, and Menominee 

County, Michigan. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James 

Nuthals, Principal Environmental 

Consultant, Wisconsin Public Service 

Corporation, 700 North Adams Street, 

P.O. Box 19001, Green Bay, WI 54307– 

9001; (920) 433–1460; james.nuthals@

wecenergygroup.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Linda Stewart, (202) 

502–8184, linda.stewart@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

August 30, 2021. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests using 

the Commission’s 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, (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 

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. The first 

page of any filing should include the 

docket number P–2433–125. Comments 

emailed to Commission staff are not 

considered part of the Commission 

record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears 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, it must also 

serve a copy of the document on that 

resource agency. 

k. Description of Request: Wisconsin 

Public Service Corporation (licensee) 

requests approval of its filed Reservoir 

Drawdown Plan, which would allow the 

licensee to lower the reservoir in order 

to repair damaged flashboards on the 

overflow spillway. The licensee 

proposes to draw down the reservoir to 

a target elevation of 661.45 feet, which 

is 3 feet below the required minimum 

reservoir water surface elevation. The 

licensee would begin the drawdown on 

or before September 7, 2021, and return 

the reservoir to its normal operating 

elevation the week of October 4, 2021. 

The minimum flow requirement under 

Article 402 of the license would be 

maintained during the drawdown 

period; however, the run-of-river 

operation and reservoir water surface 

elevation requirements under Article 

401 would be temporarily modified 

during the drawdown period. 

l. Locations of the Application: This 

filing may be viewed on 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. You may 

also register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for 

TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may 

obtain copies of the application directly 

from the applicant. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, 

respectively. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

o. Filing and Service of Documents: 

Any filing must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (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 

commenting, protesting, or intervening; 


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