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h. Applicant Contact: James Wrigley, 

Appalachian Mountain Club, P.O. Box 

298, Gorham, New Hampshire 03581, 

(603) 466–8110. 

i. FERC Contact: John Baummer, (202) 

502–6837, john.baummer@ferc.gov. 

j. 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 item l 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). 

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission by the deadline listed in 

item l below. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: With this notice, we are 

waiving the 60-day timeframe in Section 

4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR for requesting 

additional studies and requests for 

cooperating agency status. Instead, 

requests for studies and cooperating 

agency status are due 30 days from the 

date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and 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–14657–000. 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The existing, unlicensed Zealand 

Falls Hydroelectric Project consists of: 

(1) A 27-foot-long, 3-inch diameter 

intake pipe with a 1/8-inch welded wire 

debris screen; (2) a 50.5-inch-long, 26.5- 

inch-wide, 31-inch-high settling tank; 

(3) a 1,374-foot-long penstock consisting 

of a 970-foot-long, 3-inch-diameter 

section connected to a 404-foot-long, 2- 

inch diameter section; (4) a 47.75-inchwide, 41.25-inch-long generator shed; 

(5) a single turbine-generator unit with 

an installed capacity of 2.5 kilowatts; (6) 

a 6.5-foot-long, 3-inch diameter drain 

line; (7) a buried 300-foot-long, 48-volt 

transmission line connecting the 

turbine-generator unit to Zealand Falls 

Hut; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The 

project generates approximately 1,010 

kilowatt-hours annually. The applicant 

proposes to continue operating the 

project in a run-of-river mode. 

o. A copy of the application 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 the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

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. 

p. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule will be made 

as appropriate. 

Issue Notice Ready for Environmental Analysis.March 2015. 

Issue Notice of the Availability 

of the EA.

June 2015. 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00574 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER15–192–000] 

Arizona Public Service Company; 

Notice of Designation of Certain 

Commission Personnel as NonDecisional 

Commission staff member Stephen 

Pointer of the Office of Energy Market 

Regulation is assigned to assist in 

resolving issues in a dispute concerning 

two unexecuted firm transmission 

service agreements filed in the abovereferenced docket. 

As ‘‘non-decisional’’ staff, Mr. Pointer 

will not participate in an advisory 

capacity in the Commission’s review of 

any future filings in the abovereferenced docket, including offers of 

settlement or settlement agreements. 

Different Commission ‘‘advisory staff’’ 

will be assigned to review and process 

subsequent filings that are made in the 

above-referenced docket, including any 

offer of settlement or settlement 

agreement. Non-decisional staff and 

advisory staff are prohibited from 

subsequent communications with one 

another concerning matters in the 

above-referenced docket. 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00571 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL15–22–000] 

Nevada Power Company; Notice 

Setting Due Date for Intervention in 

Section 206 Proceeding 

On December 9, 2014, the 

Commission issued an order in Docket 

Nos. EL15–22–000, ER10–2475–006, 

ER10–2474–006, ER10–3246–003, 

ER13–520–002, ER13–521–002, ER13– 

1441–002, ER13–1442–002, ER12–1626– 

003, ER13–1266–003, ER13–1267–002, 

ER13–1268–002, ER13–1269–002, 

ER13–1270–002, ER13–1271–002, 

ER13–1272–002, ER13–1273–002, and 

ER10–2605–006, pursuant to section 

206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 

U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an 

investigation concerning the justness 

and reasonableness of the Berkshire 

MBR Sellers’ and their affiliates’ marketbased rates in the PacifiCorp-East, 

PacifiCorp-West, Idaho Power, and 

NorthWestern balancing authority areas. 

Nevada Power Company, 149 FERC ¶ 

61,219 (2014). On January 5, 2015, the 

Commission issued a notice establishing 

a refund effective date. 

Any interested person desiring to 

become a party in the above-referenced 

proceeding must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate, in accordance with Rule 

214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.214) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on 

January 20, 2015. The Commission 

encourages electronic submission of 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

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


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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. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original hard copy of 

the intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00570 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–553–000] 

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice 

of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed OhioLouisiana Access 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 Ohio-Louisiana Access Project 

(Project) involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Texas Gas 

Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) in 

Caldwell Parish, Acadia Parish, Rapides 

Parish in Louisiana, and Dearborn 

County, Indiana. 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 February 8, 

2015. 

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. 

Texas Gas 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 

The purpose of the Project would be 

to flow gas from the northern end of the 

Texas Gas system to new markets in the 

Midwest and South. In order to enable 

gas to flow from north to south, Texas 

Gas must make yard and station piping 

modifications at four existing 

compressor stations along its system. 

The Project would consist of the 

following facilities: 

• Installation of a new single 10,915 

horsepower (hp) natural gas compressor 

station (Bosco Compressor Station), 

located in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana; 

• installation of yard and station 

piping, and other auxiliary facilities at 

the existing Columbia Compressor 

Station in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana; 

Eunice Compressor Station in Acadia 

Parish, Louisiana; Pineville Compressor 

Station in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and 

Dillsboro Compressor Station in 

Dearborn County, Indiana; and 

• installation of piping and valve 

modifications and installation of bidirectional metering at the existing Gulf 

South-Bosco Meter Station in Ouachita 

Parish, Louisiana. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

The total land requirement for 

construction and operation of the 

Project is about 120 acres, of which 15 

acres would be permanently affected by 

the facilities operation. 

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. The 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; 

• land use; 

• water bodies, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• cultural resources; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• air quality and noise; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

and 

• public safety. 

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 your comments are 

considered, please carefully follow the 

instructions in the Public Participation 

section of this notice. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction and/or 

special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues to formally 

cooperate with us in the preparation of 

the EA. 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 


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