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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. 

Samchully Power & Utilities 1 LLC tariff 

filing. 

Filed Date: 12/16/14. 

Accession Number: 20141216–5173. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/23/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER15–638–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: § 205(d) rate filing per 

35.13(a)(2)(iii): IFA and Distribution 

Service Agmt with City of Industry— 

Industry Hills Load to be effective 

12/17/2014. 

Filed Date: 12/16/14. 

Accession Number: 20141216–5213. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/6/15. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric 

reliability filings 

Docket Numbers: RD15–1–000. 

Applicants: North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation, Western 

Electricity Coordinating Council. 

Description: Petition of the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation and Western Electricity 

Coordinating Council for Approval of 

Proposed Regional Reliability Standards 

VAR–002–WECC–2 and VAR–501– 

WECC–2. 

Filed Date: 12/15/14. 

Accession Number: 20141215–5324. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/15/15. 

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: December 16, 2014. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29899 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP15–7–000] 

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Monroe 

to Cornwell Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

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 Monroe to Cornwell Project 

involving construction and operation of 

facilities by Dominion Transmission, 

Inc. (Dominion) in Doddridge, Wetzel, 

and Kanawha Counties in West Virginia. 

The 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. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on January 12, 

2015. 

You may submit comments in written 

form. Further details on how to submit 

written comments are in the Public 

Participation section of this notice. If 

you sent comments on this project to the 

Commission before the opening of this 

docket on October 22, 2014, you will 

need to file those comments in Docket 

No. CP15–7–000 to ensure they are 

considered as part of this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. 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 

According to Dominion, the Monroe 

to Cornwell Project would provide 

205,000 dekatherms per day of firm 

transportation service in Ohio and West 

Virginia and increase supply reliability 

outside of the Marcellus and Utica 

production basins. 

Specifically, the Monroe to Cornwell 

Project would consist of the installation 

of the following facilities, all located in 

West Virginia: 

• An additional 12,552 horsepower of 

compression, one new gas cooler, one 

new filter separator, new suction/

discharge tie-ins, and other minor 

modifications at the existing L.L. 

Tonkin Compressor Station in 

Doddridge County; 

• a new Measurement and Regulation 

Station at Dominion’s existing Cornwell 

Compressor Station in Kanawha County; 

and 

• new gas coolers at Dominion’s 

existing Mockingbird Compressor 

Station in Wetzel County. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

The total land requirement to 

construct the project is approximately 

45.86 acres, of which 1.97 acres would 

be permanently altered and converted to 

commercial/industrial land use. Upon 

completion of the project, the remaining 

land used for temporary workspace 

would be re-graded, stabilized and revegetated, and allowed to revert to preconstruction conditions. 

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 


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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. 

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: 

• Land use; 

• geology and soils; 

• water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• cultural resources; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• air quality and noise; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

• public safety; and 

• cumulative impacts. 

We will also evaluate 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 

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 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 4. 

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. 

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 

West Virginia 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. 

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 January 12, 

2015. 

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 (CP15–7–000) 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 a project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

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 


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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., CP15–7). 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. 

Dated: December 11, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29871 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13948–002] 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County; Notice of Draft 

Environmental Assessment 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office 

of Energy Projects has reviewed the 

application for an original license for 

the proposed 6-megawatt Calligan Creek 

Hydroelectric Project, which would be 

located on Calligan Creek in King 

County, Washington, and has prepared 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) for 

the project. The project would not 

occupy any federal lands. 

The EA includes staff’s analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts of 

construction and operation of the 

project and concludes that licensing the 

project, with appropriate environmental 

measures, would not constitute a major 

federal action that would significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment. Based on a review of the 

comments received in response to the 

issuance of this EA, the Commission 

may issue a final EA. 

A copy of the EA is 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 in the docket number 

field to access documents. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). 

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 FERC Online 

Support. 

Any comments 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. 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–13948–002. 

For further information, contact Kelly 

Wolcott at (202) 502–6480. 

Dated: December 11, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29874 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13994–002] 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County; Notice of Draft 

Environmental Assessment 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office 

of Energy Projects has reviewed the 

application for an original for the 

proposed 6-megawatt Hancock Creek 

Hydroelectric Project, which would be 

located on Hancock Creek in King 

County, Washington, and has prepared 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) for 

the project. The project would not 

occupy any federal lands. 

The EA includes staff’s analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts of 

construction and operation of the 

project and concludes that licensing the 

project, with appropriate environmental 

measures, would not constitute a major 

federal action that would significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment. Based on a review of the 

comments received in response to the 

issuance of this EA, the Commission 

issue a final EA. 

A copy of the EA is 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 in the docket number 

field to access documents. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). 

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 FERC Online 

Support. 

Any comments 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 


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