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regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 

Projects has reviewed Grand River Dam 

Authority’s application for license for 

the 260-megawatt (MW) Salina Pumped 

Storage Project (FERC Project No. 2524), 

located on Saline Creek and the Saline 

Creek arm of Lake Hudson on the Grand 

River, near the city of Salina in Mayes 

County, Oklahoma. The project does not 

occupy any Federal lands. 

Staff prepared a draft environmental 

assessment (EA), which analyzes the 

potential environmental effects of 

relicensing the project, and concludes 

that relicensing the project, with 

appropriate environmental protective 

measures, would not constitute a major 

federal action that would significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment. 

A copy of the draft EA is on file with 

the Commission and is available for 

public inspection. The draft may also be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

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. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676, 

or for TTY, 202–502–8659. 

You may also register online at 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Comments on the draft EA should be 

filed within 30 days from the date of 

this notice. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing. Please file 

comments 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 or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

202–502–8659. In lieu of electronic 

filing, please send a paper copy to: 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. The first page of 

any filing should include docket 

number P–2524–021. 

For further information, contact 

Stephen Bowler by telephone at 202– 

502–6861 or by email at 

stephen.bowler@ferc.gov or Jeanne 

Edwards by telephone at 202–502–6181 

or by email at jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov. 

Dated: November 4, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26961 Filed 11–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–497–000] 

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; 

Supplemental Notice of Additional 

Public Scoping Period and Meeting for 

the Proposed New Market Project and 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will re-open the public 

scoping period and hold an additional 

public scoping meeting in Madison 

County, New York to receive comments 

on Dominion Transmission, Inc.’s 

(Dominion) New Market Project 

(Project), including alternative site 

locations under consideration for the 

proposed Sheds Compressor Station. 

The date, time, and location of the 

meeting is detailed in the table below. 

Date and time Location 

Thursday, November 

20, 2014 6:30 PM.* 

Auditorium, Morrisville-Eaton Middle/

High School, 5061 

Fearon Rd., Morrisville, NY 13408 

* The school ground will be open to meeting 

attendees starting at 6:00 PM. 

In response to concerns raised 

regarding Dominion’s proposed Sheds 

Compressor Station location, FERC staff 

is considering additional compressor 

station site alternatives. These 

alternatives, which are described below, 

could affect new landowners; therefore, 

the FERC is issuing this supplemental 

notice to provide these landowners and 

other interested parties an opportunity 

to comment on the Project. FERC staff 

will prepare an environmental 

assessment (EA) that will discuss the 

environmental impacts of the Project 

involving construction and operation of 

facilities by Dominion in multiple 

counties in upstate New York. The 

Commission will use this EA in its 

decision-making process to determine 

whether the Project is in the public 

convenience and necessity. 

In addition to commenting at the 

public meeting, you may submit 

comments in writing. Further details on 

how to submit written comments are 

provided in the Public Participation 

section of this notice. Your input will 

help the Commission staff determine 

what issues it needs to evaluate in the 

EA. Please note that the re-opened 

scoping period will close on December 

5, 2014. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this Project, including 

landowners within 0.5 mile of Sheds 

Compressor Station alternative sites at 

West Wilcox Road (West Eaton) and 

DeRuyter. State and local government 

representatives should notify their 

constituents of this proposed 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 

proposed 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. 

Dominion provided landowners with 

a fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ 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. It is also 

available for viewing on the FERC Web 

site (www.ferc.gov). 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Dominion proposes to construct and 

operate 2 new compressor stations and 

add additional compression and minor 

changes at 3 existing compressor 

stations. Dominion would also modify a 

meter station in Schenectady County, 

New York. Specifically, the New Market 

Project would consist of the following 

proposed facilities in New York: 

• Construction of the new Horseheads 

Compressor Station in Chemung 

County; 

• installation of gas coolers and filter/ 

separator at the existing Borger 

Compressor Station in Tompkins 

County; 

• construction of the new Sheds 

Compressor Station in Madison County; 

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1The appendices referenced in this notice will 

not appear 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. 

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. 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. 

• installation of gas coolers and filter/ 

separator at the existing Utica 

Compressor Station in Herkimer 

County; 

• installation of additional engine 

and turbine driven compressor units at 

the existing Brookman Compressor 

Station in Montgomery County; and 

• modifications to the existing West 

Schenectady Meter Station in 

Schenectady County. 

Although Dominion is proposing 

additional compressor stations, it is not 

proposing to increase the maximum 

allowable operating pressure on the 

pipeline. The general location of the 

Project facilities and alternative sites for 

the proposed Sheds Compressor Station 

are shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the proposed facilities 

would disturb about 200 acres of land 

for the aboveground facilities. Following 

construction, Dominion would maintain 

about 78 acres for permanent operation 

of the Project facilities; the remaining 

acreage would be restored and revert to 

former uses. 

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 

proposed Project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• cultural resources; 

• socioeconomics; 

• land use; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• air quality and noise; and 

• public safety. 

We will also evaluate cumulative 

impacts and reasonable alternatives to 

the proposed Project or portions of the 

Project, and make recommendations on 

how to lessen or avoid impacts on the 

various resource areas. 

The EA will present our independent 

analysis of the issues. The EA will be 

available in the public record through 

the FERC’s eLibrary system. 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 

making 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 beginning on page 

5. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ 

or special expertise with respect to the 

environmental issues of 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 

New York State Department of 

Agriculture and Markets 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 

Office (SHPO), 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. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of the 

proposed facilities, comments received 

from the public, and the environmental 

information provided by Dominion. 

This preliminary list of issues may be 

changed based on your comments and 

our analysis. 

• Air quality—health impacts from 

emissions; 

• socioeconomic issues—traffic, 

home values; 

• noise and vibration; 

• land use—industrialization; 

• visual impacts; 

• cumulative impacts; and 

• public safety. 

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 December 

5, 2014. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods which you can use to submit 

your comments to the Commission. In 

all instances please reference the Project 

docket number (CP14–497–000) 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 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 the Project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

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1 Decision Adopting Proposed Settlement, D.10– 

12–035, Docket A.08–11–001 (December 21, 2010). 

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. 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 proposed 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 

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 User’s Guide under 

the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s 

Web site. 

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 at 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., CP14–497). 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 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission now 

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/ 

docs-filing/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: November 4, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26960 Filed 11–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL15–14–000] 

Energy Producers and Users Coalition; 

Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order 

Take notice that on November 4, 

2014, pursuant to Rule 207 of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 

(2014), Energy Producers and Users 

Coalition filed a petition for declaratory 

order finding that California Public 

Utilities Commission’s approval 1 of asavailable procurement options relying 

on short-run avoided cost pricing as part 

of the QF/CHP Settlement was an 

exercise of its authority under the 

Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests 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. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Petitioner. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention 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 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. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time 

on December 4, 2014. 

Dated: November 6, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26964 Filed 11–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Commission Staff 

Attendance 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) hereby gives 

notice that members of the 

Commission’s staff will attend the 

following meeting related to the 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc. (MISO)—PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) Joint and 

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