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1The appendices referenced in this notice will 

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appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 

using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 

502–8371. 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

4. CP13–193–000 ............................................................... 1–21–2016 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro J. GarciaPadilla. 

5. CP15–554–000, CP16–10–000 ...................................... 1–21–2016 State of Virginia Delegate Sam Rasoul. 

6. CP16–9–000 ................................................................... 1–21–2016 U.S. Senators.2

1 Memo forwarding email dated December 9, 2015 between contacts of HDR Engineering, Inc. and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. 2Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey. 

Dated: January 27, 2016. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01916 Filed 2–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. EL16–6–001, ER16–121–000] 

PJM Interconnection, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice of Technical 

Conference 

As announced in a Notice issued on 

January 13, 2016, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

will hold a technical conference on 

Thursday, February 4, 2016. The 

technical conference will focus on 

whether PJM Interconnection, LLC’s 

(PJM) existing Auction Revenue Rights 

(ARR) and Financial Transmission 

Rights (FTR) tariff provisions are unjust 

and unreasonable and whether PJM’s 

proposed revisions to its tariff 

addressing these matters are just and 

reasonable. The technical conference 

will commence at 9:30 a.m. and 

conclude at 5:00 p.m. and be held at the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. This technical conference is free 

of charge and open to the public. The 

technical conference will be led by 

Commission staff, and Commission 

members may be in attendance and 

participate. 

The agenda and a list of participants/ 

speakers for this technical conference 

are attached. A schedule for posttechnical comments will be established 

at the technical conference. 

Those who plan to attend the 

technical conference are encouraged to 

complete the registration form located 

at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/

registration/02-04-16-form.asp. There is 

no registration deadline. 

The technical conference will be 

transcribed. Transcripts of the technical 

conference will be available for a fee 

from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc.1

Additionally, there will be a free 

webcast of the technical conference. The 

webcast will allow persons to listen to 

the technical conference but not 

participate. Anyone with Internet access 

who wants to listen to the technical 

conference can do so by navigating to 

the Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov, 

locating the technical conference in the 

Calendar, and clicking on the webcast 

link. The Capitol Connection provides 

technical support for the webcast and 

offers the option of listening to the 

meeting via phone-bridge for a fee.2

Commission technical 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 (866) 208–3372 (voice) 

or (202) 502–8659 (TTY), or send a fax 

to (202) 208–2106 with the requested 

accommodations. 

For more information about the 

technical conference, please contact: 

Sarah McKinley (Logistical 

Information), Office of External 

Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

8004, Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov. 

Pamela Quinlan (Technical 

Information), Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 

6179, Pamela.Quinlan@ferc.gov. 

Kent Carter (Legal Information), Office 

of General Counsel, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–8604, Kent.Carter@ferc.gov. 

Daniel Kheloussi (Technical 

Information), Office of Energy Policy 

and Innovation, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–6391, Daniel.Kheloussi@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: January 28, 2016. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01956 Filed 2–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP15–117–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Supplemental Notice 

of Intent for the Proposed Dalton 

Expansion Project, Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

Related to New Route Modifications 

Under Consideration 

You are receiving this letter because 

the staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) is evaluating route 

modifications to Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company, LLC’s (Transco) 

proposed Dalton Expansion Project 

(Project). The general location of the 

Project is shown in appendix 1.1 Since 

the filing of its March 19, 2015 

application, Transco provided two 

supplemental filings (July 15, 2015 and 

September 30, 2015) that identified 

several modifications to its proposed 

pipeline route. These modifications 

were incorporated based on the results 

of ongoing field surveys and to address 

comments from agencies and other 

stakeholders. The majority of the 

landowners potentially affected by these 

modifications have received notification 

of the Commission’s review of the 

Project. However, some of the 

modifications would affect new 

landowners; therefore, the Commission 

is issuing this supplemental notice 

(Notice) to provide these new 

landowners an opportunity to comment 

on the Project. You can access detailed 

mapping of the modifications to the 

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2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the 

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects. 

3The November 14, 2014 and February 13, 2015 

supplemental NOIs can be viewed on the FERC 

Internet Web site at www.ferc.gov. Using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link, select ‘‘Advanced Search’’ from the 

eLibrary menu and enter 20141114–3019 and 

20150213–3012, respectively, in the ‘‘Accession 

Number’’ field. 

proposed pipeline route on the 

Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) 

using eLibrary. For instructions on 

connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last 

page of this notice. 

The FERC is the lead federal agency 

responsible for conducting the 

environmental review of the Project. 

The Commission’s staff is preparing an 

environmental assessment (EA) that 

discusses the environmental impacts of 

the Project. This EA will be used to 

inform the Commission as it determines 

whether the Project is in the public 

convenience and necessity. 

This Notice announces the opening of 

an additional scoping period the 

Commission will use to gather input 

from the new landowners potentially 

affected by the Project. Comments may 

be submitted in writing as described in 

the public participation section of this 

notice. Please note that comments on 

this Notice should be filed with the 

Commission by February 29, 2016. 

The specific modifications being 

scoped by this Notice are listed in the 

table below. 

Route modification Milepost range County 

Route Variation AE .................................................................................. 30.4 to 31.8 ................................... Paulding 

Route Variation AG ................................................................................. 41.5 to 42.8 ................................... Paulding 

Route Variation AH ................................................................................. 43.2 to 43.4 ................................... Paulding 

Route Variation BH ................................................................................. 63.0 to 64.1 ................................... Bartow 

Major Route Alternative H ....................................................................... 43.7 to 56.3 ................................... Paulding and Bartow 

Route Variation BS .................................................................................. 91.1 to 91.5 ................................... Gordon 

Information in this notice was 

prepared to familiarize you with the 

new route modifications, the Project as 

a whole, the Commission’s 

environmental review process, and 

instruct you on how to submit 

comments. 

A pipeline company representative 

may have already contacted you or may 

contact you soon about surveys and/or 

to acquire an easement to construct, 

operate, and maintain the pipeline. The 

company would seek to negotiate a 

mutually acceptable agreement. 

However, if the Commission approves 

the Project, that approval conveys with 

it the right of eminent domain. 

Therefore, if easement negotiations fail 

to produce an agreement, the pipeline 

company could initiate condemnation 

proceedings where compensation would 

be determined in accordance with state 

law. 

To help potentially affected 

landowners better understand the 

Commission and its environmental 

review process, the ‘‘For Citizens’’ 

section of the FERC Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) provides information 

about getting involved in FERC 

jurisdictional projects. A citizens’ guide 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

to Know?’’ is also available in this 

section of the Commission’s Web site. 

This guide addresses a number of 

frequently asked questions, including 

the use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Transco plans to construct and 

operate about 113 miles of new 16, 20, 

24, and 30-inch-diameter natural gas 

pipeline and associated facilities in 

Coweta, Carroll, Douglas, Paulding, 

Bartow, Gordon, and Murray Counties, 

Georgia and a new compressor station in 

Carroll County, Georgia. Additionally, 

Transco plans to modify existing 

facilities along its mainline transmission 

system in Maryland, Virginia, and North 

Carolina to accommodate bidirectional 

flow. Transco has indicated that the 

Project would provide 448,000 

dekatherms per day of incremental firm 

transportation service to markets in 

northwest Georgia. 

The EA Process 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to 

take into account the environmental 

impacts that could result from an action 

whenever it considers the issuance of a 

Certificate of Public Convenience and 

Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to 

discover and address concerns the 

public may have about proposals. This 

process is referred to as scoping. The 

main goal of the scoping process is to 

focus the analysis in the EA on the 

important environmental issues. By this 

notice, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of the issues to 

address in the EA. We will consider all 

filed comments during the preparation 

of the EA. 

In the EA we will discuss impacts that 

could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

Project under these general headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

• land use; 

• socioeconomics; 

• cultural resources; 

• air quality and noise; and 

• public safety. 

We will also evaluate possible 

alternatives to the Project or portions of 

the Project, and make recommendations 

on how to lessen or avoid impacts on 

the various resource areas. 

We began our NEPA review under the 

Commission’s pre-filing process on 

April 25, 2014. The purpose of the prefiling process was to encourage the early 

involvement of interested stakeholders 

and to identify and resolve issues before 

the FERC receives an application. On 

October 21, 2014, FERC staff issued an 

initial Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Planned Dalton Expansion Project, 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues, and Notice of 

Public Scoping Meetings. FERC Staff 

also issued two supplemental NOIs for 

the Project on November 14, 2014 and 

February 13, 2015.3

The EA will present our independent 

analysis of the issues. The EA will be 

available in the public record through 

eLibrary. We will also publish and 

distribute the EA to the public for an 

allotted comment period. We will 

consider all comments on the EA before 

we make our recommendations to the 

Commission. To ensure we have the 

opportunity to consider and address 

your comments, please carefully follow 

the instructions in the Public 

Participation section of this notice. 

Consultations Under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

In accordance with the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation’s 

implementing regulations for section 

106 of the National Historic 

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4The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 

regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define 

historic properties as any prehistoric or historic 

district, site, building, structure, or object included 

in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

5Because the modifications involve only a subset 

of the environmental mailing list, this Notice is 

being provided to only the affected landowners. 

Preservation Act, we are using this 

notice to initiate consultation with the 

applicable State Historic Preservation 

Office(s), and to solicit their views and 

those of other government agencies, 

interested Indian tribes, and the public 

on the Project’s potential effects on 

historic properties.4 We will define the 

Project-specific Area of Potential Effects 

(APE) in consultation with the SHPO as 

the Project develops. On natural gas 

facility projects, the APE at a minimum 

encompasses all areas subject to ground 

disturbance (examples include 

construction right-of-way, contractor/

pipe storage yards, compressor stations, 

and access roads). Our EA for this 

Project will document our findings on 

the impacts on historic properties and 

summarize the status of consultations 

under section 106. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the Project. 

Your comments should focus on the 

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 

your comments are timely and properly 

recorded, please send your comments so 

that the Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before February 

29, 2016. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the Project 

docket number (CP15–117–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature located on the Commission’s 

Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link 

to Documents and Filings. This is an 

easy method for interested persons to 

submit brief, text-only comments on a 

project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

located on the Commission’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. 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 

following address: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Environmental Mailing List 

The environmental mailing list 

includes federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. This list also includes 

all affected landowners (as defined in 

the Commission’s regulations) who are 

potential right-of-way grantors, whose 

property may be used temporarily for 

Project purposes, or who own homes 

within certain distances of aboveground 

facilities, and anyone who submits 

comments on the Project.5 We will 

continue to update the environmental 

mailing list as the analysis proceeds to 

ensure that we send the information 

related to this environmental review to 

all individuals, organizations, and 

government entities interested in and/or 

potentially affected by the planned 

Project. 

Copies of the EA will be sent to the 

environmental mailing list for public 

review and comment. If you would 

prefer to receive a paper copy of the 

document instead of the CD version or 

would like to remove your name from 

the mailing list, please return the 

attached Information Request (appendix 

2). 

Becoming an Intervenor 

In addition to involvement in the EA 

scoping process, you may want to 

become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an 

official party to the Commission’s 

proceeding. Intervenors play a more 

formal role in the process and are able 

to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be 

heard by the courts if they choose to 

appeal the Commission’s final ruling. 

An intervenor formally participates in 

the proceeding by filing a request to 

intervene. Instructions for becoming an 

intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less 

Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’ 

link on the Commission’s Web site. 

Motions to intervene are more fully 

described at http://www.ferc.gov/

resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

Project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web 

site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary 

link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on 

‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket 

number, excluding the last three digits 

in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP15– 

117). 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 eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of 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 www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at www.ferc.gov/

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Dated: January 27, 2016. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01918 Filed 2–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #3 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1263–000. 

Applicants: Entergy Gulf States 

Louisiana, L.L.C. 

Description: Report Filing: EGSL 

Refund Report ER14–1263 to be 

effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 1/27/16. 

Accession Number: 20160127–5463. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1268–000. 

Applicants: Entergy Arkansas, Inc. 

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