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ACTION: Sunshine Act notice; notice of 

public meeting agenda. 

SUMMARY: Public Meeting: U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission Board of 

Advisors Annual Meeting. 

DATES: Monday, May 16, 2022, 1:00 

p.m.–4:00 p.m. Eastern. 

ADDRESSES: Virtual via Zoom. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

will be livestreamed on the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission 

YouTube Channel: https://

www.youtube.com/channel/ 

UCpN6i0g2rlF4ITWhwvBwwZw. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: In accordance with the 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

(Sunshine Act), Public Law 94–409, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. 552b), the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission (EAC) 

will conduct a virtual annual meeting of 

the Board of Advisors to discuss EAC 

updates and upcoming programs, and 

discuss the implementation of the 

Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 

(VVSG) 2.0 and electronic poll book 

pilot program next steps, as well as 

threats against election officials. 

Agenda: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors 

will hold their 2022 Annual Meeting 

primarily to discuss next steps regarding 

the VVSG 2.0 and implementation, the 

status of the EAC’s e-poll book pilot 

program, and threats against election 

officials. This meeting will include a 

question-and-answer discussion 

between board members and EAC staff. 

Board members will also review 

FACA Board membership guidelines 

and policies with EAC Acting General 

Counsel and receive a general update 

about the EAC programming. The Board 

will also elect three members to the 

Executive Board Committee and 

consider proposed changes to the 

bylaws. 

Background: On February 10, 2021 

the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) announced the 

adoption of the Voluntary Voting 

System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0; the 

VVSG 2.0 is the fifth iteration of 

national level voting system standards. 

On April 5, 2022, the EAC adopted the 

VVSG Lifecycle Policy as part of the 

implementation process. 

The Federal Election Commission 

published the first two sets of federal 

standards in 1990 and 2002. The EAC 

then adopted Version 1.0 of the VVSG 

on December 13, 2005. In an effort to 

update and improve version 1.0 of the 

VVSG, on March 31, 2015, the EAC 

commissioners unanimously approved 

VVSG 1.1. 

The full agenda will be posted in 

advance on the EAC website: https://

www.eac.gov. 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Muthig, Telephone: (202) 897– 

9285, Email: kmuthig@eac.gov. 

Camden Kelliher, 

Associate Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09253 Filed 4–26–22; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2740–053] 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of 

Intent To File License Applications, 

Filing of Pre-Application Document 

(Pad), Commencement of Pre-Filing 

Process, 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 Reviews 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 2740–053. 

c. Date Filed: February 23, 2022. 

d. Submitted By: Duke Energy 

Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy). 

e. Name of Project: Bad Creek 

Pumped Storage Project (Bad Creek 

Project). 

f. Location: Oconee County, South 

Carolina. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Licensee Contact: Alan Stuart, 

Licensing Manager, Duke Energy, Mail 

Code EC–12Q 526 S. Church Street, 

Charlotte, NC 28202; (803) 640–8765; 

alan.stuart@duke-energy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo at (202) 

502–6304, or email at navreet.deo@

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 

Duke Energy as the Commission’s nonfederal 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. Duke Energy filed with the 

Commission a Pre-Application 

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, and 

continued on February 24, 2021. 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 


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the potential applications must be filed 

with the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents 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. 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 June 23, 2022. 

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 recent 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 reviews. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

virtual public scoping meetings. An 

evening meeting will focus on receiving 

input from the public and a daytime 

meeting will focus on concerns of 

resource agencies, Native American 

tribes, and NGOs. 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 the General Public 

Monday, May 16, 2022 

7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. EDT 

Call in number: 800–779–8625 

Participant passcode: 3472916 

Meeting for Resource Agencies, Tribes, 

and NGOs 

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT 

Call in number: 800–779–8625 

Participant passcode: 3472916 

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 Duke 

Energy’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 

Duke Energy and Commission staff 

will hold two virtual Environmental 

Site Reviews of the Bad Creek Project on 

May 16, 2022, starting at 6:00 p.m., and 

May 17, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Please contact 

Alan Stuart of Duke Energy at (803) 

640–8765, or alan.stuart@dukeenergy.com, by May 9, 2022 if you plan 

to attend the environmental site review. 

Meeting details will be provided by 

Duke Energy 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: April 22, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09116 Filed 4–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 8936–000] 

Far West Power Corporation; Notice of 

Authorization for Continued Project 

Operation 

The Power Canal Hydroelectric 

Project is located on the tailrace canal 

of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s 

(PG&E) existing Potter Valley Project 

No. 77, on the East Fork Russian River, 

in Mendocino County, California. The 

license for Project No. 8936 was issued 

for a period ending April 14, 2022. 

Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 

808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at 

the expiration of a license term, to issue 

from year-to-year an annual license to 

the then licensee(s) under the terms and 

conditions of the prior license until a 

new license is issued, or the project is 

otherwise disposed of as provided in 

section 15 or any other applicable 

section of the FPA. If the project’s prior 

license waived the applicability of 

section 15 of the FPA, then, based on 

section 9(b) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as 

set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the 

licensee of such project has filed an 

application for a subsequent license, the 

licensee may continue to operate the 

project in accordance with the terms 

and conditions of the license after the 

minor or minor part license expires, 

until the Commission acts on its 

application. If the licensee of such a 

project has not filed an application for 

a subsequent license, then it may be 

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), 

to continue project operations until the 

Commission issues someone else a 

license for the project or otherwise 

orders disposition of the project. 

If the project is subject to section 15 

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that 

an annual license for Project No. 8936 

is issued to the Far West Power 

Corporation for a period effective April 

15, 2022 through April 14, 2023 or until 

the issuance of a new license for the 

project or other disposition under the 

FPA, whichever comes first. If issuance 

of a new license (or other disposition) 

does not take place on or before April 

14, 2023, notice is hereby given that, 

pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual 

license under section 15(a)(1) of the 


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