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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. 

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 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(s) of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

All comments, motions to intervene, or 

protests must set forth their evidentiary 

basis. A copy of all other filings in 

reference to this application must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed in the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

385.2010. 

Dated: September 10, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20001 Filed 9–15–21; 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: RP21–1106–000. 

Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline 

Company of America LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Amendment to a Negotiated Rate 

Agreement—Woodriver Energy LLC to 

be effective 9/9/2021. 

Filed Date: 9/9/21. 

Accession Number: 20210909–5071. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: RP21–1107–000. 

Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: NonConforming Agreement Filing (SoCal) to 

be effective 11/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 9/9/21. 

Accession Number: 20210909–5144. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/21/21. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercgen

search.asp) by querying the docket 

number. 

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. 

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: September 10, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20025 Filed 9–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 9028–011] 

Banister Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Intent 

To File License Application, Filing of 

Pre-Application Document, Approving 

Use of the Traditional Licensing 

Process 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 9028–011. 

c. Date Filed: July 28, 2021. 

d. Submitted By: Banister Hydro, Inc. 

(Banister Hydro). 

e. Name of Project: Halifax 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Banister River in 

Halifax County, Virginia. The project 

does not occupy any federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. 

Lewis C. Loon, General Manager, 

Operations and Maintenance—USA, KEI 

(USA) Power Management Inc., 423 

Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; at 

(207) 203–3027 or email at lewis.loon@

kruger.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Laurie Bauer at (202) 

502–6519; or email at laurie.bauer@

ferc.gov. 

j. Banister Hydro filed its request to 

use the Traditional Licensing Process on 

July 28, 2021. Banister Hydro provided 

public notice of its request on July 28, 

2021. In a letter dated September 10, 

2021, the Director of the Division of 

Hydropower Licensing approved 

Banister Hydro’s request to use the 

Traditional Licensing Process. 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with 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. We are also initiating 

consultation with the Virginia 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 

Banister Hydro as the Commission’s 

non-federal representative for carrying 

out informal consultation pursuant to 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 

and consultation pursuant to section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Banister Hydro filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including 

a proposed process plan and schedule) 

with the Commission, pursuant to 18 

CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed 

and/or printed on the Commission’s 

website (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. 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, (866) 208 

3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). 

o. The licensee states its unequivocal 

intent to submit an application for a 

new license for Project No. 9028. 

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 

each application for a new license and 

any competing license applications 

must be filed with the Commission at 

least 24 months prior to the expiration 

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of the existing license. All applications 

for license for this project must be filed 

by July 31, 2024. 

p. Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filing and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: September 10, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20004 Filed 9–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD21–10–000] 

Modernizing Electricity Market Design; 

Supplemental Notice of Technical 

Conference on Energy and Ancillary 

Services in the Evolving Electricity 

Sector 

As first announced in the Notice of 

Technical Conference issued in this 

proceeding on July 14, 2021, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) will convene a staff-led 

technical conference in the abovereferenced proceeding on October 12, 

2021, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The conference 

will be held remotely. Attached to this 

Supplemental Notice is an agenda for 

the technical conference. 

Commissioners may attend and 

participate in the technical conference. 

The conference will be open for the 

public to attend remotely. There is no 

fee for attendance. Information on this 

technical conference, including a link to 

the webcast, will be posted on the 

conference’s event page on the 

Commission’s website (https://

www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/ 

technical-conference-regarding-energyand-ancillary-services-markets10122021) prior to the event. The 

conference will be transcribed. 

Transcripts will be available for a fee 

from Ace Reporting (202–347–3700). 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov 

or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) 

or 202–208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 

202–208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about this 

technical conference, please contact 

Emma Nicholson at emma.nicholson@

ferc.gov or (202) 502–8741, or Alexander 

Smith at alexander.smith@ferc.gov or 

(202) 502–6601. For legal information, 

please contact Adam Eldean at 

adam.eldean@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

8047. For information related to 

logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley 

at sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov or (202) 

502–8368. This notice is issued and 

published in accordance with 18 CFR 

2.1. 

Dated: September 10, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20026 Filed 9–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 6240–064] 

Watson Associates; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests and 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Relicensing and a Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Subsequent 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 6240–064. 

c. Date filed: August 27, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Watson Associates. 

e. Name of Project: Watson Dam 

Project. 

f. Location: On the Cocheco River in 

Strafford County, New Hampshire. The 

project does not occupy any federal 

land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John 

Webster, Watson Associates, P.O. Box 

178, South Berwick, ME 03908; Phone 

at (207) 384–5334, or email at 

Hydromagnt@gwi.net. 

i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts at 

(202) 502–6123, or michael.watt@

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 l 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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: October 26, 2021. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

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. All filings 

must clearly identify the project name 

and docket number on the first page: 

Watson Dam Project (P–6240–064). 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Project Description: The existing 

Watson Dam Project consists of: (1) A 

296.75-foot-long, 12-foot-high concrete 

gravity dam that includes the following 

sections: (i) A 54-foot-long right 

abutment; (ii) a 111-foot-long right 

spillway section with 24-inch-high 

flashboards and a crest elevation of 

110.6 feet mean sea level (msl) at the top 

of the flashboards; (iii) an 11.5-footlong, 11.25-foot-wide concrete spillway 

center pier; (iv) an 80-foot-long left 

spillway section with 24-inch-high 

flashboards and a crest elevation of 

110.6 feet msl at the top of the 

flashboards; and (v) a 29-foot-long left 

abutment; (2) an impoundment with a 

surface area of 54 acres and a storage 

capacity of 300 acre-feet at an elevation 

of 110.6 feet msl; (3) a 29-foot-long, 10- 

foot-high intake structure in the left