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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: October 21, 2014. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25705 Filed 10–28–14; 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: RP14–1272–000. 

Applicants: National Grid LNG, LLC. 

Description: Supplemental 

Information of National Grid LNG, LLC. 

Filed Date: 10/21/14. 

Accession Number: 20141021–5182. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/28/14. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–55–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gulf 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) rate filing per 

154.204: Negotiated & Non-Conforming 

Rate Agmts—WestSide to be effective 

11/1/2014. 

Filed Date: 10/21/14. 

Accession Number: 20141021–5092. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/3/14. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–56–000. 

Applicants: Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company. 

Description: § 4(d) rate filing per 

154.204: Virginia Southside Initial Rate 

Filing to be effective 12/1/2014. 

Filed Date: 10/21/14. 

Accession Number: 20141021–5098. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/3/14. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–57–000. 

Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: § 4(d) rate filing per 

154.204: Volume No. 2—Chesapeake 

Capacity Assignment to be effective 11/ 

1/2014. 

Filed Date: 10/21/14. 

Accession Number: 20141021–5191. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/3/14. 

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. 

Filings in Existing Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP14–1195–001. 

Applicants: Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing per 

154.203: Compliance Filing to be 

effective 11/20/2014. 

Filed Date: 10/20/14. 

Accession Number: 20141020–5065. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/3/14. 

Any person desiring to protest in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the 

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 

385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

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 October 22, 2014. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25708 Filed 10–28–14; 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: RP15–52–000. 

Applicants: Saltville Gas Storage 

Company L.L.C. 

Description: § 4(d) rate filing per 

154.204: October 2014 Tariff Cleanup 

Filing to be effective 11/18/2014. 

Filed Date: 10/17/14. 

Accession Number: 20141017–5040. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/29/14. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–53–000. 

Applicants: Centra Pipelines 

Minnesota Inc. 

Description: § 4(d) rate filing per 

154.204: Revised Index of Shippers Dec 

2014 to be effective 12/1/2014. 

Filed Date: 10/17/14. 

Accession Number: 20141017–5107. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/29/14. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–54–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) rate filing per 

154.204: Non-Conforming Service 

Agreement—PacSum to be effective 11/ 

1/2014. 

Filed Date: 10/17/14. 

Accession Number: 20141017–5162. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/29/14. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or 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: October 20, 2014. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25707 Filed 10–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF14–18–000] 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 

Empire Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Planned Northern 

Access 2016 Project, Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues, 

and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings 

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 Northern Access 2016 Project 

(Project) involving construction and 

operation of facilities by National Fuel 

Gas Supply Corporation (Supply) and 

Empire Pipeline Inc. (Empire) 

(collectively National Fuel) in 

Pennsylvania and New York. The 

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1The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of 

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. For instructions on connecting to 

eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. 

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

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects. 

Commission will use this EA 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. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the EA. The Commission 

staff will also use the scoping process to 

help determine whether preparation of 

an environmental impact statement is 

more appropriate for this Project based 

upon the potential significance of the 

anticipated levels of impact. Please note 

that the scoping period will close on 

November 21, 2014. 

You may submit comments in written 

form or verbally. Further details on how 

to submit written comments are in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. In lieu of or in addition to 

sending written comments, the 

Commission invites you to attend the 

public scoping meetings scheduled as 

follows: 

FERC PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS NORTHERN ACCESS 2016 PROJECT

Date and time Location 

November 3, 2014, 7 p.m ........................................................................ Doyle Hall, St. Bonaventure University, 3261 W. State St., St. 

Bonaventure, NY 14778. 

November 5, 2014, 7 p.m ........................................................................ Springville-Griffith High School, 290 North Buffalo Street, Springville, 

NY 14141. 

National Fuel staff will be available 

from 6:00–7:00 p.m., prior to the public 

scoping meetings at the locations listed 

above. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. State and 

local government representatives are 

asked to notify their constituents of this 

planned project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

planned facilities. 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. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility on My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ is available for viewing on 

the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This 

fact sheet addresses a number of 

typically asked questions, including the 

use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. 

Summary of the Planned Project 

National Fuel plans to construct and 

operate certain facilities in 

Pennsylvania and New York which 

collectively would provide about 

350,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of 

natural gas transportation service to the 

northeastern United States and Canada. 

Supply would provide approximately 

350,000 Dth/d of new firm natural gas 

transportation service from a receipt 

point in McKean County, Pennsylvania 

to an interconnection with Empire’s 

existing pipeline system in Niagara 

County, New York. Empire would 

provide approximately 350,000 Dth/d of 

new firm transportation service from 

such Supply interconnection to 

Empire’s existing interconnection with 

TransCanada Pipelines Limited. 

The planned project would consist of 

the following Supply components: 

• Construction of approximately 97 

miles of new 24-inch-diameter pipeline, 

from Sergeant Township, McKean 

County, Pennsylvania, to an 

interconnection with Supply’s existing 

Line X-North, near Supply’s existing 

Porterville Compressor Station in the 

Town of Elma, Erie County, New York; 

• an addition of approximately 5,000 

horsepower to Porterville Compressor 

Station; and 

• an interconnection with Tennessee 

Gas Pipeline’s 200 Line in the Town of 

Wales, Erie County, New York. 

The planned Project would also consist 

of the following Empire components: 

• Construction of a 24-inch pipeline 

segment of approximately 4 miles, 

replacing 3.3 miles of existing 16-inch 

Supply pipeline and 0.7 miles of 

existing Empire pipeline in the towns of 

Wheatfield and Pendleton, Niagara 

County, New York; 

• construction of a new, 

approximately 22,000 horsepower 

compressor station in the Town of 

Pendleton, Niagara County, New York; 

and 

• construction of a new natural gas 

dehydration facility in the Town of 

Wheatfield, Niagara County, New York. 

The general location of the planned 

project facilities is shown in Appendix 

1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

National Fuel is still in the planning 

phase of the Project and workspace 

requirements have not been finalized. 

However, National Fuel is planning on 

using a 75-foot-wide construction rightof-way for the 24-inch-diameter pipeline 

segments. Following construction, 

National Fuel would retain a 50-footwide easement for operation of the 

pipelines. National Fuel would also 

require land for additional workspaces 

at road, railroad, waterbody, and 

wetland crossings; topsoil storage; 

access roads; storage or pipeyards; and 

for other purposes during construction. 

About 92 percent of the planned 

pipeline route parallels existing power 

line or pipeline rights-of-way. 

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 

important environmental issues. By this 

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3The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 1501.6. 

4The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s 

regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 800. Historic properties are 

defined in those regulations as any prehistoric or 

historic district, site, building, structure, or object 

included in or eligible for inclusion in the National 

Register of Historic Places. 

notice, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of issues to 

address in the EA. 

In the EA, we will discuss impacts 

that could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

planned Project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• water resources and wetlands; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• fisheries and aquatic resources; 

• threatened, endangered, and other 

special-status species; 

• land use, recreation, special interest 

areas, and visual resources; 

• socioeconomics; 

• cultural resources; 

• air quality and noise; 

• reliability and safety; and 

• cumulative environmental impacts. 

We will also evaluate possible 

alternatives to the planned Project or 

portions of the Project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

Although no formal application has 

been filed, we have already initiated our 

NEPA review under the Commission’s 

pre-filing process. The purpose of the 

pre-filing process is to encourage early 

involvement of interested stakeholders 

and to identify and resolve issues before 

the FERC receives an application. As 

part of our pre-filing review, we 

participated in public open house 

meetings sponsored by National Fuel in 

the project area in August 2014 to 

explain the environmental review 

process to interested stakeholders. We 

have also begun to contact federal and 

state agencies to discuss their 

involvement in the scoping process and 

the preparation of the EA. 

The EA will present our independent 

analysis of the issues. The EA will be 

available in the public record through 

eLibrary. Depending on the comments 

received during the scoping process, we 

may 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. 

We will publish and distribute the EA 

for public comment. To ensure we have 

the opportunity to consider and address 

your comments, please follow the 

instructions in the Public Participation 

section beginning on page 6. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction and/or 

special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues related to this 

Project to formally cooperate with us in 

the preparation of the EA.3 Agencies 

that would like to request cooperating 

agency status should follow the 

instructions for filing comments 

provided under the Public Participation 

section of this notice. Currently, the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has 

expressed its intention to participate as 

a cooperating agency in the preparation 

of the EA to satisfy its NEPA 

responsibilities related to this Project. 

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 

Preservation Act, we are using this 

notice to initiate consultation with the 

applicable State Historic Preservation 

Offices (SHPOs) 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 SHPOs 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. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of the 

planned facilities, comments made to us 

at National Fuel’s open houses, 

preliminary consultations with other 

agencies, and the environmental 

information provided by National Fuel. 

This preliminary list of issues may be 

changed based on your comments and 

our analysis: 

• Forested areas including 

fragmentation; 

• agricultural areas including impacts 

on soils; 

• property values; 

• surface water; 

• groundwater including wells and 

springs; 

• wildlife and vegetation; 

• federal and state-listed threatened, 

endangered, and sensitive species; 

• eminent domain; and 

• cumulative impacts. 

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 November 

21, 2014. 

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 (PF14–18–000) 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 

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all affected landowners (as defined by 

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. We will 

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. 

If we publish and distribute the EA, 

copies 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 

a CD version or would like to remove 

your name from the mailing list, please 

return the attached Information Request 

(appendix 2). 

Becoming an Intervenor 

Once National Fuel files its 

application with the Commission, 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 User’s 

Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the 

Commission’s Web site. Please note that 

the Commission will not accept requests 

for intervenor status at this time. You 

must wait until the Commission 

receives a formal application for the 

project. 

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., PF14– 

18). 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 http://www.ferc.gov/

docs-filing/esubscription.asp. 

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: October 22, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER15–114–000] 

Alterna Springerville LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Alterna 

Springerville LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

Part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is November 

12, 2014. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

electronic 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 email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Dated: October 22, 2014. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No., 14627–000] 

Symphony Hydro LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On June 26, 2014, Symphony Hydro 

LLC filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Symphony Hydro Project to be located 

on Mississippi River, near the city of 

Minneapolis, Hennepin County, 

Minnesota. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant 

the permit holder priority to file a 

license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

The proposed project would consist of 

the following: (1) Two new 1.5-footthick by 56-foot-wide by 60-foot-high 

reinforced concrete bulkheads 

containing two variable speed 1,700- 

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