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Dated: September 28, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21301 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14857–000] 

Watterra Energy, LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On September 11, 2017, Watterra 

Energy, LLC (Watterra Energy) filed a 

preliminary permit application pursuant 

to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

proposed Saylorville Dam Hydroelectric 

Project No. 14857–000, to be located at 

the existing Saylorville Dam on the Des 

Moines River, near the City of Des 

Moines in Polk County, Iowa. 

Saylorville Dam is owned by the United 

States government and operated by the 

United States Army Corps of Engineers. 

The sole purpose of a preliminary 

permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 

holder priority to file a license 

application during the permit term. A 

preliminary permit does not authorize 

the permit holder to perform any landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter 

upon lands or waters owned by others 

without the owner’s express permission. 

Watterra Energy’s proposed project 

would consist of: (1) A new 20-footdiameter steel penstock that would be 

inserted into an existing 22-footdiameter by 640-foot-long concrete 

conduit; (2) a new 55-foot-wide by 70- 

foot-long by 30-foot-high concrete 

powerhouse; (3) three new 5.22- 

megawatt (MW) turbines, with a 

combined generating capacity of 15.66 

MW; (4) a new 70-foot-long by 55-footwide substation; (5) a new 7,000-footlong, 13.8-kilovolt transmission line; 

and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 

project would have an estimated annual 

generation of 58 gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Craig Dalton, 

220 W. Main Street, Hamilton, MT 

59840; (406) 384–0080. 

FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, 

(202) 502–6331. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing. Please file 

comments, motions to intervene, notices 

of intent, and competing applications 

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. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–14857–000. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the eLibrary 

link of Commission’s Web site at http:// 

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

Enter the docket number (P–14857) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Dated: September 27, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21271 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP14–554–002; CP15–016– 

003; CP15–017–002] 

Florida Southeast Connection, LLC; 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Sabal Trail 

Transmission, LLC; Notice of 

Availability of the Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Southeast Market Pipelines Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a draft 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement (SEIS) for the Southeast 

Market Pipelines Project (SMP Project). 

The SMP Project is composed of three 

separate, but related, interstate natural 

gas transmission pipeline projects. 

These projects are: Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company, LLC’s Hillabee 

Expansion Project in Docket No. CP15– 

16–000; Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC’s 

Sabal Trail Project in Docket No. CP15– 

17–000; and Florida Southeast 

Connection, LLC’s Florida Southeast 

Connection Project in Docket No. CP14– 

554–000. Together, these projects 

involve the construction and operation 

of approximately 685 miles of pipeline 

and associated facilities. 

The draft SEIS has been prepared to 

address the August 22, 2017 Opinion 

issued by the United States Court of 

Appeals for the District of Columbia 

regarding the Commission’s 

environmental review of the SMP 

Project. The draft SEIS incorporates by 

reference and expands upon the 

analysis contained within the December 

2015 final environmental impact 

statement (FEIS) for the SMP Project. 

The draft SEIS estimates the greenhouse 

gas emissions generated by the SMP 

Project’s customers’ downstream 

facilities, describes the methodology 

used to determine these estimates, 

discusses context for understanding the 

magnitude of these emissions, and 

addresses the value of using the social 

cost of carbon tool. 

As described in the executive 

summary of the FEIS, and based on the 

environmental analysis section of the 

FEIS and this draft SEIS, we conclude 

that constructing and operating the SMP 

Project would result in temporary and 

permanent impacts on the environment. 

We also conclude that with the 

applicants’ implementation of their 

respective impact avoidance, 

minimization, and mitigation measures, 

as well as their adherence to the 

measures we have required to further 

avoid, minimize, and mitigate these 

impacts, operating the SMP Project 

would not result in a significant impact 

on the environment. 

Commission staff has mailed copies of 

the draft SEIS to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners, other 

interested individuals and groups; and 

newspapers and libraries in the project 

area. Additionally, the draft SEIS 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 draft EIS 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 draft SEIS may do so. The 

Commission will only consider 

comments on the draft SEIS, and not on 

the FEIS or the Commission’s orders in 

this proceeding, on which the public 


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has already been provided the 

opportunity to comment. Comments on 

the draft SEIS must be filed on or before 

November 20, 2017. While the 

Commission makes every effort to 

consider all comments, it cannot 

guarantee that late comments will be 

considered. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference docket 

numbers CP14554–002; CP15–16–003; 

and CP15–17–002 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. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(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 file your comments 

electronically by 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. If you are filing a 

comment on a particular project, please 

select Comment on a Filing as the filing 

type; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address. Be sure to reference 

the project docket numbers (CP14554– 

002, CP15–16–003, and CP15–17–002) 

with your submission: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Questions? 

Additional information about the 

SMP 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., CP14554, 

CP15–16, and CP15–17). 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; 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 that 

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 27, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21269 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. 

Sellers of Energy and Ancillary 

Services Into Markets Operated by the 

California Independent System 

Operator Corporation and the 

California Power Exchange, 

Investigation of Practices of the 

California Independent System 

Operator and the California Power 

Exchange Corporation, Investigation of 

Wholesale Rates of Public Utility 

Sellers of Energy and Ancillary 

Services in the Western Systems 

Coordinating Council, State of 

California, ex rel. Bill Lockyer, Attorney 

General of the State of California v. 

British Columbia Power Exchange 

Corp., Fact-Finding Investigation nto 

Possible Manipulation of Electric and 

Natural Gas Prices, Aquila, Inc., Aquila, 

Inc., California Independent System 

Operator Corporation, Investigation of 

Anomalous Bidding Behavior and 

Practices in the Western Markets, 

Notice of Filing 

[Docket Nos. EL00–95–304], [EL00–98–276], 

[EL01–68–055], [EL02–71–062], [PA02–2– 

104], [EL03–138–011], [EL03–181–012], 

[ER03–746–057], [IN03–10–089] 

Take notice that on September 26, 

2017, MPS Merchant Services, Inc., 

Aquila Power Corporation and the 

California Parties filed a Joint 

Compliance Filing in Support of a 

Settlement. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of 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 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary 

link and is available for 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. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on October 17, 2017. 

Dated: September 27, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21270 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2485–076] 

FirstLight Hydro Generating Company; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions 

To Intervene, and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Application 

for Temporary Amendment of Minimum 

and Maximum Reservoir Elevation 

Requirement. 

b. Project No.: 2485–076. 

c. Date Filed: September 11, 2017, as 

supplemented on September 25, 2017. 

d. Applicant: FirstLight Hydro 

Generating Company (FirstLight). 


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