63462 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 199 / Friday, October 15, 2010 / Notices 

1Public Law 110–140, 121 Stat. 1492 (2007). 

2EISA 1305(a), to be codified at 15 U.S.C. 

17385(a). 

3EISA 1305(d), to be codified at 15 U.S.C. 

17385(d). 

4Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid 

Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0, NIST 

Special Publication 1108, January 2010, available at 

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/upload/ 

smartgrid_interoperability_final.pdf. 5 5 U.S.C. 551–59; 701–06 (2006). 

Description: Energy West 

Development, Inc. resubmits their 

baseline filing, FERC Gas Tariff, First 

Revised Volume No 1 in compliance 

with the Commission’s 3/19/10 Order, 

to be effective 10/27/2010. 

Filed Date: 10/08/2010. 

Accession Number: 20101008–5000. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–1400–001. 

Applicants: Chandeleur Pipe Line 

Company. 

Description: Chandeleur Pipe Line 

Company submits revised tariff Sections 

2, 8.2, et al to its FERC Gas Tariff, Third 

Revised Volume No 1 pursuant to Order 

587–U, to be effective 11/1/2010. 

Filed Date: 10/08/2010. 

Accession Number: 20101008–5001. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Such protests must be filed on or before 

5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified 

comment date. Anyone filing a protest 

must serve a copy of that document on 

all the parties to the proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests in lieu 

of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at 

http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to 

file electronically should submit an 

original and 14 copies of the protest to 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26044 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM11–2–000] 

Smart Grid Interoperability Standards; 

Notice of Docket Designation for Smart 

Grid Interoperability Standards 

October 7, 2010. 

1. The Energy Independence and 

Security Act of 2007 (EISA) 1 lays out 

the policy of the United States with 

regard to modernization of the nation’s 

electricity transmission and distribution 

system and directs the development of 

a framework to achieve interoperability 

of smart grid devices and systems, 

including protocols and model 

standards for information management.2

EISA directs the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) to 

coordinate the development of this 

framework. Once the Commission is 

satisfied that NIST’s work has led to 

‘‘sufficient consensus’’ on 

interoperability standards, EISA directs 

the Commission to ‘‘institute a 

rulemaking proceeding to adopt such 

standards and protocols as may be 

necessary to insure smart-grid 

functionality and interoperability in 

interstate transmission of electric 

power, and regional and wholesale 

electricity markets.’’ 3

2. In August 2009, NIST launched a 

three-phase plan to expedite the 

development of smart grid 

interoperability standards. In the first 

phase, NIST led the smart grid 

community in a participatory public 

process to identify applicable standards, 

as well as priorities for additional 

standardization activities. In January 

2010, NIST released a framework and 

roadmap that identified a number of 

standards that are applicable to the 

ongoing development of the smart grid.4

After further discussion with 

stakeholders and an analysis of the 

standards’ cyber security protections, 

NIST has now identified five suites of 

standards that it states are ready for 

consideration by regulatory authorities. 

While the Commission has made no 

determination yet on whether ‘‘sufficient 

consensus’’ exists for these standards, 

the Commission is issuing this notice to 

designate the docket captioned above 

for a possible rulemaking proceeding 

pursuant to EISA section 1305(d). 

3. In accordance with the Federal 

Administrative Procedure Act,5 the 

Commission will issue a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking for comment 

before adopting any of the five suites of 

standards identified by NIST. 

4. For the convenience of interested 

stakeholders, the Commission has 

placed NIST’s announcement and 

descriptions of the standards that have 

been prepared by NIST in the record of 

this proceeding. These documents are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site 

under the above docket number at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary 

link. 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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25965 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP10–480–000] 

Central New York Oil and Gas 

Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Proposed MARC I Hub Line 

Project and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues, and Notice of 

Public Scoping Meeting and Onsite 

Review 

September 22, 2010. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the MARC I Hub Line Project involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Central New York Oil and Gas 

Company, LLC (CNYOG) in Bradford, 

Sullivan, and Lycoming Counties, 

Pennsylvania. This EA will be used by 

the Commission in its decision-making 

process to determine whether the 

project is in the public convenience and 

necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on the project. 

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