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(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., CP14–545). 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 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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27611 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14628–000] 

Minnesota Leased Housing Associates 

IV, Limited Partnership; Notice of 

Scoping Meeting, Initial Information 

Meeting, and Soliciting Scoping 

Comments for an Applicant Prepared 

Environmental Assessment Using the 

Alternative Licensing Process 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and PreApplication Document for an Original 

License. 

b. Project No.: 14628–000. 

c. Applicant: Minnesota Leased 

Housing Associates IV, Limited 

Partnership (Minnesota Housing 

Associates). 

d. Name of Project: A-Mill Artists Loft 

Hydroelectric Project (A-Mill Project). 

e. Location: On the Mississippi River, 

in the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin 

County, Minnesota. 

f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

g. Applicant Contact: Owen Metz, 

2905 Northwest Blvd., Suite 150, 

Plymouth, MN 55441; (763) 354–5618; 

email ometz@dominiuminc.com. 

h. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel at (202) 

502–8675; or email at janet.hutzel@

ferc.gov. 

i. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: January 3, 2015. 

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, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). 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–14628–000. 

j. The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) Removal of the existing concrete 

bulkhead blocking the existing intake 

structure and installation of a new trash 

rack at the intake; (2) an existing 

headrace tunnel that would be 

rehabilitated and sleeved with a new 

horizontal 600-foot-long, 5-footdiameter steel penstock; (3) a new 

vertical 50-foot-long, 5-foot diameter 

steel pipe installed in an existing 

downstream drop-shaft; (4) a new sluice 

gate; (5) a new 650-kilowatt turbine/

generator set and related control system; 

(6) a new outlet structure consisting of 

a 4-foot-high by 6-foot-wide concrete 

box culvert installed on the invert of the 

existing downstream tailrace; and (7) 

appurtenant facilities. 

k. Scoping Process: Minnesota 

Housing Associates intends to utilize 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) alternative 

licensing process (ALP). Under the ALP, 

Minnesota Housing Associates will 

prepare an Applicant Prepared 

Environmental Assessment (APEA) and 

license application for the A-Mill 

Project. 

Minnesota Housing Associates 

expects to file with the Commission, the 

APEA and the license application for 

the A-Mill Project by January 2015. 

Although the Commission’s intent is to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), there is the possibility that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be required. Nevertheless, this 

meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping 

requirements, irrespective of whether an 

EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. 

The purpose of this notice is to inform 

you of the opportunity to participate in 

the upcoming scoping meetings and 

environmental site review identified 

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1With this notice, 18 CFR 4.38(b)(3)(ii), the 

requirement to hold an initial information meeting, 

also known as a joint meeting, no earlier than 30 

days and no later than 60 days after the Alternative 

Licensing Process is approved, is waived. Holding 

the initial information meeting outside the required 

timeframe will result in greater participation from 

the licensing participants. 

below, and to solicit your scoping 

comments. 

Scoping Meetings, Initial Information 

Meeting (also known as a Joint 

Meeting), and Environmental Site 

Review 1

Minnesota Housing Associates will 

hold two scoping meetings, one in the 

daytime and one in the evening, to help 

us identify the scope of issues to be 

addressed in the APEA. The initial 

information meeting will be held at the 

same time as the daytime scoping 

meeting. 

The daytime scoping meeting will 

focus on resource agency concerns, 

while the evening scoping meeting is 

primarily for public input. All 

interested individuals, organizations, 

and agencies are invited to attend one 

or both of the meetings, and to assist the 

staff in identifying the environmental 

issues that should be analyzed in the 

APEA. The times and locations of these 

meetings and environmental site review 

are as follows: 

Daytime Meeting 

Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 12 p.m. 

(CST), 1000 LaSalle Avenue, Room 

202 of the Terrence Murphy Hall, 

Minneapolis, MN 55403. 

Evening Meeting 

Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 5 p.m. 

(CST), 1000 LaSalle Avenue, Room 202 

of the Terrence Murphy Hall, 

Minneapolis, MN 55403. 

Environmental Site Review 

Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 2 p.m. 

(CST), Xcel Energy Water Power Park, 

206 Main Street SE., Minneapolis, MN 

55414. 

Please notify Neal Route at (763) 354– 

5500, or email: nroute@

dominiuminc.com if you plan to attend 

the environmental site review. 

To help focus discussions, Minnesota 

Housing Associates will mail the 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), outlining 

the subject areas to be addressed in the 

APEA, to the parties on the mailing and 

distribution list. Copies of the SD1 also 

will be available at the scoping 

meetings. Minnesota Housing 

Associates will file SD1 with the 

Commission and the document will be 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits 

(P–14628) in the docket number field to 

access the document. 

You may also register online at 

http://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 

FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Based on all written comments 

received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 will include a 

revised list of issues, based on the 

scoping sessions. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, Minnesota 

Housing Associates will: (1) Summarize 

the environmental issues tentatively 

identified for analysis in the APEA; (2) 

solicit from the meeting participants all 

available information, especially 

quantifiable data, on the resources at 

issue; (3) encourage statements from 

experts and the public on issues that 

should be analyzed in the APEA, 

including viewpoints in opposition to, 

or in support of, Minnesota Housing 

Associates’ preliminary views; (4) 

determine the resource issues to be 

addressed in the APEA; and (5) identify 

those issues that require a detailed 

analysis, as well as those issues that do 

not require a detailed analysis. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will become part of 

the formal record of the Commission 

proceeding on the project. 

Dated: November 14, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27554 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–504–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Notice of Availability 

of the Environmental Assessment for 

the Proposed Rock Springs Expansion 

Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Rock Springs Expansion Project 

(Project), proposed by Transcontinental 

Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) 

in the above referenced docket. Transco 

requests authorization to construct and 

operate natural gas pipeline facilities in 

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and 

Cecil County, Maryland. The Project 

would provide 192,000 dekatherms of 

natural gas per day to the Wildcat Point 

Generating Facility in Cecil County, 

Maryland. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed Project in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed Project, with appropriate 

mitigating measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The Maryland Department of Natural 

Resources participated as a cooperating 

agency in the preparation of the EA. 

Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction 

by law or special expertise with respect 

to resources potentially affected by the 

proposal and participate in the National 

Environmental Policy Act analysis. 

Transco proposes to: (1) Construct 

and operate a 11.2-mile-long pipeline 

lateral from Transco’s Mainline Systems 

‘‘A’’ and ‘‘B’’ in Lancaster County, 

Pennsylvania to the Old Dominion 

Electric Cooperative’s Wildcat Point 

Generating Facility; (2) a new 4,000- 

horsepower electric compressor station 

at the terminus of the lateral, and 

appurtenant facilities; and (3) modify 

piping and valves at its existing 

Compressor Station 200 in Chester 

County, Pennsylvania. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

EA to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

newspapers and libraries in the project 

area; and parties to this proceeding. In 

addition, the EA is available for public 

viewing on the FERC’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 

A limited number of copies of the EA 

are available for distribution and public 

inspection at: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Public Reference Room, 888 First 

Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 

20426, (202) 502–8371. 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the EA may do so. Your comments 

should focus on the potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. The more 

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