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P 8 (2008) (approving a 12-month recovery period 

for a hurricane surcharge subject to a cap with any 

uncollected amounts due to the cap to be recovered 

in a subsequent period); Chandeleur Pipe Line Co., 

117 FERC ¶ 61,250 (2006) (approving 12-month 

hurricane surcharge recovery period that was 

subsequently extended to 24 months). 

29See e.g., TransColorado Gas Transmission Co., 

LLC, 144 FERC ¶ 61,175 (2013); Gulf South Pipeline 

Co., LP, 144 FERC ¶ 61,215 (2013). 

30Because the proposed policy statement would 

address issues pertaining to the Commission’s 

review of natural gas rate filings, the statement is 

categorically excluded from the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), thus 

neither an environmental assessment nor an 

environmental impact statement is required. See 18 

CFR 380.4(a)(25) (2014). 

Thus, the Commission seeks comments 

on whether pipelines should be 

permitted to use accelerated 

amortization methodologies, such as 

those approved for hurricane trackers, to 

recover the costs of any facilities 

installed pursuant to the modernization 

cost recovery mechanism, or whether 

the Commission should require 

pipelines to depreciate facilities subject 

to a modernization cost tracker over the 

life of the facilities. 

• Reservation Charge Credits 

34. The Commission requests 

comments on whether it should make 

any adjustments to its current 

reservation charge crediting policy in 

light of the proposed Policy Statement. 

As noted, given recent legislative and 

other actions to address pipeline 

efficiency, safety, and environmental 

concerns, it is likely that pipelines will 

be required to meet additional 

requirements that may include 

performing facility upgrades and 

replacements. This work, particularly 

the replacement of existing compressors 

or pipelines, may result in disruption of 

primary firm service. Pursuant to the 

Commission’s existing reservation 

charge crediting policies, such one-time 

outages, if necessary to comply with 

government orders, may be treated as 

force majeure outages, for which only 

partial reservation charge credits are 

required.29 Thus, the Commission seeks 

comment on whether it should modify 

its existing reservation crediting policy 

to require pipelines with modernization 

cost trackers to provide full reservation 

charge credits during periods that the 

pipeline must interrupt primary firm 

service to replace or install eligible 

facilities under the provisions of the 

modernization tracker. 

• Other Considerations 

35. The Commission welcomes 

comments on any other issues or factors 

the Commission should consider for 

inclusion in the Policy Statement as a 

prerequisite for approving a 

modernization cost recovery 

mechanism.30

III. Procedure for Comments 

36. The Commission invites interested 

persons to submit written comments on 

the Commission’s proposed policy to 

establish guidelines for pipelines to 

implement trackers or surcharges to 

recover infrastructure modernization 

costs as discussed above. Comments are 

due 30 days from the date of publication 

in the Federal Register and reply 

comments are due 50 days from the date 

of publication in the Federal Register. 

Comments must refer to Docket No. 

PL15–1–000, and must include the 

commentor’s name, the organization it 

represents, if applicable, and its 

address. To facilitate the Commission’s 

review of the comments, commentors 

are requested to provide an executive 

summary of their position. Additional 

issues the commentors wish to raise 

should be identified separately. The 

commentors should double space their 

comments. 

37. The Commission encourages 

comments to be filed electronically via 

the eFiling link on the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. The 

Commission accepts most standard 

word processing formats. Documents 

created electronically using word 

processing software should be filed in 

native applications or print-to-PDF 

format and not in a scanned format. 

Commenters filing electronically do not 

need to make a paper filing. 

38. Commenters that are not able to 

file comments electronically must send 

an original of their comments to: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

39. All comments will be placed in 

the Commission’s public files and may 

be viewed, printed, or downloaded 

remotely as described in the Document 

Availability section below. Commenters 

on this proposal are not required to 

serve copies of their comments on other 

commenters. 

IV. Document Availability 

40. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the Internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) and in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room during normal 

business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE., 

Room 2A, Washington DC 20426. 

41. From the Commission’s Home 

Page on the Internet, this information is 

available in the Commission’s document 

management system, eLibrary. The full 

text of this document is available on 

eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word 

format for viewing, printing, and/or 

downloading. To access this document 

in eLibrary, type the docket number 

(excluding the last three digits) in the 

docket number field. 

42. User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s Web site 

during normal business hours. For 

assistance, please contact the 

Commission’s Online Support at 1–866– 

208–3676 (toll free) or 202–502–6652 

(email at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov) 

or the Public Reference Room at 202– 

502–8371, TTY 202–502–8659 (email at 

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov). 

By the Commission. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28015 Filed 11–25–14; 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 

Intent To File License Application, 

Filing of Pre-Application Document, 

Approving Use of the Alternative 

Licensing Process, and Requesting 

Cooperating Agency Status 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Alternative Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 14628–000. 

c. Date Filed: July 28, 2014. 

d. Submitted By: Minnesota Leased 

Housing Associates IV, Limited 

Partnership (Minnesota Housing 

Associates). 

e. Name of Project: A-Mill Artists Loft 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Mississippi River, 

in the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin 

County, Minnesota. No federal lands are 

occupied by the project works or located 

within the project boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Owen 

Metz, 2905 Northwest Blvd., Suite 150, 

Plymouth, MN 55441; (763) 354–5618; 

email ometz@dominiuminc.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel at (202) 

502–8675; or email at janet.hutzel@

ferc.gov. 

j. Minnesota Housing Associates filed 

its request to use the Alternative 

Licensing Process] on July 29, 2014. 

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Minnesota Housing Associates provided 

public notice of its request on 

September 17, 2014. In a letter issued 

November 13, 2014, the Director of the 

Division of Hydropower Licensing 

approved Minnesota Housing 

Associates’ request to use the 

Alternative Licensing Process. 

k. Cooperating agencies: Federal, 

state, local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in paragraph o below. 

Cooperating agencies should note the 

Commission’s policy that agencies that 

cooperate in the preparation of the 

environmental document cannot also 

intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

l. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service under section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act. We are also 

initiating consultation with the 

Minnesota State Historic Preservation 

Officer, as required by section 106, 

National Historic Preservation Act, and 

the implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

m. With this notice, we are 

designating Minnesota Housing 

Associates as the Commission’s nonfederal representative for carrying out 

informal consultation pursuant to 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 

and consultation pursuant to section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

n. Minnesota Housing Associates filed 

a Pre-Application Document (PAD; 

including a proposed process plan and 

schedule) with the Commission, 

pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

o. Deadline for filing requests for 

cooperating agency status: 60 days from 

the date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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. 

p. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (http://

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, (866) 

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

(TTY). A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

q. Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filing and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28014 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13704–002; Project No. 13701– 

002; Project No. 13703–002; Project No. 

13702–002] 

FFP Missouri 2, LLC; Notice of 

Technical Meeting 

a. Project Names and Numbers: From 

upstream to downstream order, 

Arkabutla Lake Hydroelectric Project 

No. 13704, Sardis Lake Hydroelectric 

Project No. 13701, Enid Lake 

Hydroelectric Project No. 13703, and 

Grenada Lake Hydroelectric Project No. 

13702. 

b. Date and Time of Meeting: 

December 2, 2014; 2:30 p.m. Eastern 

Time (1:30 p.m. Central Time). 

c. Place: Telephone conference with 

the Mississippi Department of 

Environmental Quality, the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, and Rye 

Development, LLC. 

d. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards, 

jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

6181. 

e. Purpose of Meeting: To discuss the 

water quality study report results filed 

on November 13, 2013 for the projects 

listed above. 

f. A summary of the meeting will be 

prepared and filed for the projects’ 

records. 

g. All local, state, and federal 

agencies, Indian tribes, and other 

interested parties are invited to 

participate by phone. Please contact 

Jeanne Edwards at jeanne.edwards@

ferc.gov or (202) 502–6181 by close of 

business Tuesday, November 25, 2014, 

to R.S.V.P. and to receive specific 

instructions on how to participate. 

Dated: November 20, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28021 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. DI14–07–000] 

Bass/Wilson Properties, LLC; Notice of 

Petition for Declaratory Order and 

Soliciting Comments, Protests, and/or 

Motions To Intervene 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Petition for 

Declaratory Order. 

b. Docket No: DI14–07–000. 

c. Date Filed: September 23, 2014. 

d. Applicant: Bass/Wilson Properties, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Bass/Wilson 

Hydropower Project. 

f. Location: The proposed Bass/

Wilson Hydropower Project will be 

located on Wilson Stream, in the town 

of Wilton, Franklin County, Maine. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1) 

of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 

817(b) (2012). 

h. Applicant Contact: Bass/Wilson 

Properties, LLC, 845 U.S. Route 2, 

Wilton, ME 04294; telephone: (207) 

645–4448, or Email address: randy@

cousineau.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on 

this notice should be addressed to 

Jennifer Polardino, (202) 502–6437, or 

Email address: Jennifer.Polardino@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and/or motions is: 30 days 

from the issuance of this notice by the 

Commission. 

Comments, Motions to Intervene, and 

Protests may be filed electronically via 

the Internet. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(l)(iii) (2013) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. If unable 

to be filed electronically, documents 

may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an 

original and eight copies should be 

mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. For more information on how to 

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