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Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Dated: September 20, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20518 Filed 9–25–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER17–2511–000] 

RE Gaskell West 5 LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of RE 

Gaskell West 5 LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is October 10, 

2017. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

electronic review in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room in Washington, 

DC. There is an eSubscription link on 

the Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Dated: September 20, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20517 Filed 9–25–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–257–000] 

WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice 

of Availability of the Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Valley 

Expansion Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Valley Expansion Project, proposed by 

WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. (WBI 

Energy) in the above-referenced docket. 

WBI Energy requests authorization to 

construct, operate, and maintain new 

natural gas facilities in Clay County, 

Minnesota and Cass, Barnes, Stutsman, 

and Burleigh Counties, North Dakota. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the Valley 

Expansion Project in accordance with 

the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed project, with appropriate 

mitigating measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The proposed Valley Expansion 

Project includes the following facilities: 

• About 37.3 miles of 16-inchdiameter pipeline in Clay County, 

Minnesota and Cass County, North 

Dakota; 

• a new interconnect at the tie-in 

with the existing Viking Gas 

Transmission Company Pipeline in Clay 

County, Minnesota; 

• a new 3,000-horsepower 

compressor station to tie into WBI 

Energy’s existing Mapleton Town 

Border Station and Line Section No. 24 

in Cass County, North Dakota; 

• a new regulator station in Barnes 

County, North Dakota; 

• replacement of the existing 

Jamestown Town Border Station in 

Stutsman County, North Dakota; and 

• replacement of the Apple Valley 

Town Border Station in Burleigh 

County, North Dakota. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

EA to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; Native 

American tribes; potentially affected 

landowners and other interested 

individuals and groups; and newspapers 

and libraries in the project area. In 

addition, the EA is available for public 

viewing on the FERC’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 

A limited number of copies of the EA 

are available for distribution and public 

inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Public Reference Room, 

888 First Street NE., Room 2A, 

Washington, DC 20426 (202) 502–8371. 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the EA may do so. 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 the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on this project, it is 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before October 20, 2017. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments with the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the project 

docket number (CP17–257–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

FercOnlineSupport@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 submitting brief, text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You can also 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 

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1See the previous discussion on the methods for 

filing comments. 

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. 

Any person seeking to become a party 

to the proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing of the Commission’s decision. 

The Commission grants affected 

landowners and others with 

environmental concerns intervenor 

status upon showing good cause by 

stating that they have a clear and direct 

interest in this proceeding which no 

other party can adequately represent. 

Simply filing environmental comments 

will not give you intervenor status, but 

you do not need intervenor status to 

have your comments considered. 

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 (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., CP17– 

257). 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 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/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Dated: September 20, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20514 Filed 9–25–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for electronic 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, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

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

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited: 

1. CP15–558–000 ................................................................ 9–5–2017 Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. 

2. CP15–558–000 ................................................................ 9–5–2017 Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce. 

3. ER17–490–000 ................................................................ 9–5–2017 Wilkins Alternatives. 

4. ER17–490–000 ................................................................ 9–5–2017 Wilkins Alternatives. 

5. ER17–490–000 ................................................................ 9–6–2017 Wilkins Alternatives. 

6. CP15–558–000 ................................................................ 9–7–2017 South Jersey Gas. 

7. CP15–558–000 ................................................................ 9–8–2017 Meadowlands Regional Chamber. 

8. CP15–558–000 ................................................................ 9–8–2017 Southern New Jersey Developmental Council. 

9. CP15–558–000 ................................................................ 9–8–2017 New Jersey Energy Coalition. 

10. CP15–558–000 .............................................................. 9–8–2017 Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council. 

11. CP15–558–000 .............................................................. 9–11–2017 Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey. 

12. P–2660–000 .................................................................. 9–12–2017 Brianne OLeary. 

13. P–2660–000 .................................................................. 9–12–2017 Diane and Brian Ketchum. 

Exempt: 

1. CP17–41–000 .................................................................. 9–7–2017 FERC Staff.1

2. CP14–96–000 .................................................................. 9–7–2017 U.S. House Representative James R. Langevin.