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1 18 CFR 385.2001–2005 (2017). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD17–18–000] 

Village of Waterbury; Notice of 

Preliminary Determination of a 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility and Soliciting Comments and 

Motions To Intervene 

On August 4, 2017, the Village of 

Waterbury filed a notice of intent to 

construct a qualifying conduit 

hydropower facility, pursuant to section 

30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as 

amended by section 4 of the 

Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act 

of 2013 (HREA). The proposed Guptil 

Road 4.0 kW In-conduit Hydroelectric 

Net-Metered Project (Guptil Road 

Project) would have an installed 

capacity of 4 kilowatts (kW), and would 

be located along a 12-inch diameter 

potable water pipeline. The project 

would be located near the Village of 

Waterbury in Washington County, 

Vermont. 

Applicant Contact: William Shepeluk, 

Municipal Manager, Village of 

Waterbury, 28 North Main Street, 

Waterbury, VT 05676; Phone No. (802) 

244–7033 

FERC Contact: Robert Bell, Phone No. 

(202) 502–6062; Email: robert.bell@

ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The proposed 

project would consist of: (1) A new 4 

foot-long, 1.5-inch diameter intake pipe 

off of the 12-inch diameter potable 

water pipeline, (2) one generating unit 

with an installed capacity of four kW 

located within an existing 8-foot-long by 

12-foot-wide pressure reducing vault; 

(3) a new 4-foot-long, 2-inch diameter 

outlet pipe returning water to the 12- 

inch diameter water main; and (4) 

appurtenant facilities. The proposed 

project would have an estimated annual 

generation of 35.6 megawatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all of the criteria shown 

in the table below. 

TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY

Statutory provision Description Satisfies 

(Y/N) 

FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by HREA ... The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or 

similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water 

for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by HREA The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric 

power and uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended by HREA The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 megawatts ................... Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended by HREA On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing requirements of Part I of the FPA.Y 

Preliminary Determination: The 

proposed hydroelectric project will 

utilize an existing potable water 

pipeline, the primary purpose of which 

is to convey drinking water to the 

Village of Waterbury. The addition of 

the Guptil Road Project will not alter the 

conduit’s primary purpose. Therefore, 

based upon the above criteria, 

Commission staff preliminarily 

determines that the proposal satisfies 

the requirements for a qualifying 

conduit hydropower facility, which is 

not required to be licensed or exempted 

from licensing. 

Comments and Motions to Intervene: 

Deadline for filing comments contesting 

whether the facility meets the qualifying 

criteria is 45 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene is 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Anyone may submit comments or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and 

385.214. Any motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

deadline date for the particular 

proceeding. 

Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the ‘‘COMMENTS 

CONTESTING QUALIFICATION FOR A 

CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY’’ 

or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as 

applicable; (2) state in the heading the 

name of the applicant and the project 

number of the application to which the 

filing responds; (3) state the name, 

address, and telephone number of the 

person filing; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of sections 

385.2001 through 385.2005 of the 

Commission’s regulations.1 All 

comments contesting Commission staff’s 

preliminary determination that the 

facility meets the qualifying criteria 

must set forth their evidentiary basis. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and 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. 

A copy of all other filings in reference 

to this application must be accompanied 

by proof of service on all persons listed 

in the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

Locations of Notice of Intent: Copies 

of the notice of intent can be obtained 

directly from the applicant or such 

copies can be viewed and reproduced at 

the Commission in its Public Reference 

Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. The filing may 

also be viewed on the web at http://

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

using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the 

docket number (i.e., CD17–18) in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, call toll-free 

1–866–208–3676 or email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 


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39118 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 158 / Thursday, August 17, 2017 / Notices 

Dated: August 10, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17351 Filed 8–16–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–480–000] 

Florida Gas Transmission Company, 

LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

Take notice that on August 2, 2017, 

Florida Gas Transmission Company, 

LLC (Florida Gas), 1300 Main Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the 

above referenced Docket, a prior notice 

request pursuant to sections 157.205, 

157.208, and 157.216 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization 

to abandon approximately 6.7 miles of 

the 8-inch-diameter Rinker Lateral, 

associated measurement and regulation 

station, and appurtenant facilities, all 

located in Miami-Dade County, Florida 

(Rinker Facilities Abandonment 

Project), all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. 

The filing may also be viewed on the 

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, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this prior 

notice request should be directed to 

Blair Lichtenwalter, Senior Director of 

Certificates, Florida Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC, 1300 Main St., Houston, 

Texas, 77002, or call (713) 989–2605, or 

fax (713) 989–1205, or via email 

Blair.Lichtenwalter@energytransfer.com. 

Specifically, Florida Gas proposes to 

abandon in place the Rinker Lateral, 

which originates downstream of Lateral 

Line Valve (LLV) 20–90B at Mile Post 

914.0 on Florida Gas’s mainline and the 

Rinker Measurement and Regulation 

Station located at Rinker Portland 

Cement Corp’s plant. Florida Gas also 

proposes to abandon by removal LLV 

20–90B. Florida Gas states that Rinker 

Lateral and facilities have not been used 

to provide interruptible or firm 

transportation in over two years. Florida 

Gas further states that proposed 

abandonment would eliminate 

additional capital and/or operating 

expenditures which could potentially 

result in an increased net operating loss 

for Florida Gas as time goes on. 

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. 

Any person may, within 60 days after 

the issuance of the instant notice by the 

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules 

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of 

the Commission’s Regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.205) 

file a protest to the request. If no protest 

is filed within the time allowed 

therefore, the proposed activity shall be 

deemed to be authorized effective the 

day after the time allowed for protest. If 

a protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the time allowed 

for filing a protest, the instant request 

shall be treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) 

under the e-Filing link. 

Dated: August 11, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17390 Filed 8–16–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–477–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

Take notice that on July 31, 2017, 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 

700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed 

in Docket No. CP17–477–000 a prior 

notice request pursuant to sections 

157.205 and 157.216 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, 

requesting authorization to abandon two 

injection/withdrawal (I/W) wells, along 

with the associated pipelines and 

appurtenances at its Lucas Storage 

Field, located in Ashland and Richland 

Counties, Ohio. Columbia states that the 

Lucas 10697 and 10722 I/W wells have 

historically performed poorly in relation 

to other wells in the Lucas Storage Field 

and, based the age of the wells, the 

wells would require an extensive case 

replacement job. Columbia asserts that 

the proposed abandonment of the Lucas 

10697 well includes the abandonment 

of 977 feet of 3.5-inch-diameter pipeline 

and appurtenances and the proposed 

abandonment of the Lucas 10722 well 

includes the abandonment of 4.5-inchdiameter pipeline and appurtenances. 

Columbia avers that there will be no 

change to the existing boundary, total 

inventory, reservoir pressure, reservoir 

and buffer boundaries, or the 

certificated capacity of the Lucas 

Storage Field as a result of the proposed 

abandonment, all as more fully set forth 

in the application which is on file with 

the Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the 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, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

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

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Linda 

Farquhar, Manager, Project 

Determinations & Regulatory 

Administration, Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana 

Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas, 

77002–2700, by telephone at (832) 320– 

5685, by fax at (832) 320–6685, or by 

email at linda_farquhar@

transcanada.com. 


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