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1Notice of Exemption from Licensing. Claremont 

Hydro Associates, 21 FERC 62,216 (1982). 

2Order Granting Exemption from Licensing of a 

Small Hydroelectric Project (5 MW or Less). ECH 

Hydro Associates, 18 FERC 62,419 (1982). 

3Order Granting Exemption from Licensing of a 

Small Hydroelectric Project of 5 Megawatts or Less 

and Denying Competing Application for 

Preliminary Permit, New England Hydro, Inc. 

Woodsville Fire District, 18 FERC 62,158 (1982). 

1Order Granting Exemption from Licensing of a 

Small Hydroelectric Project of 5 MW or Less. Frank 

M. Biber and Steven Spellenberg, 22 FERC ¶ 62,182 

(1983). 

November 9, 1982 1 located on the Sugar 

River in Sullivan County, New 

Hampshire; (2) West Hopkinton Hydro, 

LLC exemptee for the Hoague-Sprague 

Project No. 4337, originally issued 

March 11, 1982 2 located on the 

Contoocook River in Merrimack County, 

New Hampshire; and (3) the Sweetwater 

Hydroelectric, LLC exemptee for the 

Woodsville Reactivation Project No. 

5307, originally issued February 5, 

1982 3 located on the Ammonoosuc 

River in Grafton County, New 

Hampshire. Transfer of an exemption 

does not require Commission approval. 

2. Green Mountain Power Corporation 

is now the exemptee of the Lower 

Valley Project No. 6756; the HoagueSprague Project No. 4337; and the 

Woodsville Reactivation Project No. 

5307. All correspondence should be 

forwarded to: Green Mountain Power 

Corporation, 163 Acorn Lane, 

Colchester, VT 05446. 

Dated: August 15, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17558 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 6550–004] 

Bidden Creek Bores Properties, LLC; 

JBS Rentals, LLC; Notice of Transfer 

of Exemption 

1. By letter filed June 23, 2017, 

Stephen J. Bores informed the 

Commission that the exemption from 

licensing for the Biber-Spellenberg 

Hydro Project No. 6550, originally 

issued February 14, 1983 1 has been 

transferred to JBS Rentals, LLC. The 

project is located on Bidden Creek in 

Trinity County, California. The transfer 

of an exemption does not require 

Commission approval. 

2. JBS Rentals, LLC is now the 

exemptee of the Biber-Spellenberg 

Project No. 6550. All correspondence 

should be forwarded to: Mr. Jeremy 

Brown, Owner, P.O. Box 1233, Willow 

Creek, CA 95573, Phone 530–629–3100. 

Dated: August 15, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17557 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–481–000] 

Notice of Application: DCP Operating 

Company, LP 

Take notice that on August 2, 2017, 

DCP Operating Company, LP (DCP), 370 

17th Street, Suite 2500, Denver, 

Colorado 80202, filed in the above 

referenced docket an application 

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA), and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations requesting 

authorization to construct and operate 

approximately 8.4 miles of 20-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline with a 

maximum capacity of 253million cubic 

feet per day (MMcf/d) in Weld County, 

Colorado (Mewbourn 3 Residue East 

Pipeline), all as more fully set forth in 

the application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site web 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 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Tyler 

Culbertson, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, 

DCP Operating Company, LP, 370 17th 

Street, Suite 2500, Denver, Colorado 

80202, at (303) 605–2278. 

Further, DCP asks for clarification 

about the applicability of the Part 157, 

Subpart F blanket certificate program to 

Mewbourn 3 Residue East Pipeline. DPC 

also seeks waivers of certain regulatory 

requirements, including the 

Commission’s interstate natural gas 

pipeline open access, tariff, posting, 

accounting, and reporting requirements, 

like similar residue pipeline owner/ 

operators. DCP wants confirmation that 

the Commission’s assertion of 

jurisdiction over the Mewbourn 3 

Residue East Pipeline in no way 

jeopardizes the non-jurisdictional status 

of DCP’s otherwise non-jurisdictional 

gathering and processing facilities. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9), 

within 90 days of this Notice, the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 


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the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, 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 7 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on September 5, 2017. 

Dated: August 15, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17556 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2010–0757; FRL–9965–65– 

OA] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Confidential Financial Disclosure Form 

for Special Government Employees 

Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (Renewal); EPA ICR 

No. 2260.05, OMB Control No. 2090– 

0029 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Special Government 

Employees Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 2260.05, OMB Control No. 2090– 

0029) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through February 

28, 2018. An Agency may not conduct 

or sponsor and a person is not required 

to respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2010–0757, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Moreau, Office of Resources, 

Operations and Management, Federal 

Advisory Committee Management 

Division, Mail Code 1601M, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

5320; fax number: 202–564–8129; email 

address: moreau.megan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection request is to 

assist the EPA in selecting federal 

advisory committee members who will 

be appointed as Special Government 

Employees (SGEs), mostly to the EPA’s 

scientific and technical committees. To 

select SGE members as efficiently and 

cost effectively as possible, the Agency 

needs to evaluate potential conflicts of 

interest before a candidate is hired as an 

SGE and appointed as a member to a 

committee. 

Agency officials developed the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Special Government 

Employees Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency,’’ also referred to as 

Form 3110–48, for greater inclusion of 

information to discover any potential 

conflicts of interest as recommended by 

the Government Accountability Office. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 3110–48. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

approximately 250 candidates for 

membership as SGEs on EPA federal 

advisory committees. SGEs are required 

to file a confidential financial disclosure 

report (Form 3110–48) when first 

appointed to serve on EPA advisory 

committees, and then annually 

thereafter. Committee members may 

also be required to update the 

confidential form before each meeting 

while they serve as SGEs. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required in order to serve as a SGE on 

an EPA federal advisory committee (5 

CFR 2634.903). 


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