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Milestone Target date 

Commission issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ............................................................................................. July 2018. 

Comments on Draft EIS .............................................................................................................................................................. September 2018. 

Modified Terms and Conditions .................................................................................................................................................. November 2018. 

Commission Issues Final EIS ..................................................................................................................................................... February 2019. 

o. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of the Notice of Ready 

for Environmental Analysis. 

Dated: October 12, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22531 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2685–029] 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests; New York 

Power Authority 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2685–029. 

c. Date filed: April 27, 2017. 

d. Applicant: New York Power 

Authority (NYPA). 

e. Name of Project: Blenheim-Gilboa 

Pumped Storage Project (BlenheimGilboa Project). 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on Schoharie Creek, in the 

Towns of Blenheim and Gilboa in 

Schoharie County, New York. The 

project does not affect federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert 

Daly, Licensing Manager, New York 

Power Authority, 123 Main Street, 

White Plains, New York 10601. 

Telephone: (914) 681–6564, Email: 

Rob.Daly@nypa.gov. 

i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick, 

Telephone (202) 502–8660, and email 

andrew.bernick@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests 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–2685–029. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing, but is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The existing Blenheim-Gilboa 

Project consists of the following: (1) A 

2.25-mile-long, 30-foot-wide earth and 

rock fill embankment dike with a 

maximum height of 110 feet, 

constructed at Brown Mountain and 

forming the 399-acre Upper Reservoir 

(operating at the maximum and extreme 

minimum elevations of 2,003 feet and 

1,955 feet National Geodetic Vertical 

Datum of 1929 [NGVD 29], respectively) 

with 15,085 acre-feet of usable storage 

and dead storage of 3,706 acre-feet 

below elevation 1,955 feet NGVD 29; (2) 

a 655-foot-long emergency spillway 

with a 25-foot-wide asphaltic concrete 

crest at elevation 2,005 feet NGVD 29 

and a capacity of 10,200 cubic feet per 

second (cfs); (3) an intake system that 

includes: (i) a 125-foot-wide hexagonalshaped intake cover with trash racks 

with a clear spacing of 5.25 inches; (ii) 

a 1,042-foot-long, 28-foot-diameter, 

concrete-lined vertical shaft in the 

bottom of the Upper Reservoir; (iii) a 

906-foot-long horizontal, concrete-lined 

rock tunnel; and (iv) a 460-foot-long 

concrete-lined manifold that distributes 

flow to four 12-foot-diameter steel-lined 

penstocks, each with a maximum length 

of about 1,960 feet, to four pumpturbines located at the powerhouse; (4) 

a 526-foot-long, 172-foot-wide, and 132- 

foot-high multi-level powerhouse 

located along the east bank of the Lower 

Reservoir at the base of Brown 

Mountain, containing four reversible 

pump turbines that each produce 

approximately 290 megawatts (MW) in 

generation mode, and have a total 

maximum discharge of 12,800 cfs 

during generation and 10,200 cfs during 

pumping; (5) a bottom trash rack with 

a clear spacing of 5.625 inches, and four 

upper trash racks with a clear spacing 

of 5.25 inches; (6) an 1,800-foot-long 

central core, rock-filled lower dam with 

a maximum height of 100 feet that 

impounds Schoharie Creek to form the 

413-acre Lower Reservoir (operating at 

the maximum and minimum elevations 

of 900 feet and 860 feet NGVD 29, 

respectively) with 12,422 acre-feet of 

usable storage and dead storage of 3,745 

acre-feet below 860 feet NGVD 29; (7) 

three 38-foot-wide by 45.5-foot-high 

Taintor gates at the left end of the lower 

dam; (8) a 425-foot-long, 134-foot-wide 

concrete spillway structure with a crest 

elevation of 855 feet NGVD 29; (9) a 

238-foot-long, 68.5-foot-deep concrete 

stilling basin; (10) a low level outlet 

with four discharge valves of 4, 6, 8, and 

10 inches for release of 5 to 25 cfs, and 

two 36-inch-diameter Howell-Bunger 

valves to release a combined flow of 25 

to 700 cfs; (11) a switchyard on the 

eastern bank of Schoharie Creek 

adjacent to the powerhouse; and (12) 

appurtenant facilities. 

During operation, the BlenheimGilboa Project’s pump-turbines may be 

turned on or off several times 

throughout the day, but the project 

typically generates electricity during the 

day when consumer demand is high and 

other power resources are more 

expensive. Pumping usually occurs at 

night and on weekends when there is 

excess electricity in the system available 

for use. According to a July 30, 1975, 

settlement agreement, NYPA releases a 

minimum flow of 10 cubic feet per 

second (cfs) during low-flow periods 

when 1,500 acre-feet of water is in 

storage, and 7 cfs when less than 1,500 

acre-feet is in storage. For the period 

2007 through 2016, the project’s average 

annual generation was about 374,854 

megawatt-hours (MWh) and average 

annual energy consumption from 

pumping was about 540,217 MWh. 

m. 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 


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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. 

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. 

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 

and .214. In determining the appropriate 

action to take, the Commission will 

consider all protests or other comments 

filed, but only those who file a motion 

to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital 

letters the title PROTEST or MOTION 

TO INTERVENE; (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies 

may obtain copies of the application 

directly from the applicant. A copy of 

any protest or motion to intervene must 

be served upon each representative of 

the applicant specified in the particular 

application. 

o. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following revised Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Filing of motions to intervene and protests ................................................................................................................................. December 11, 

2017. 

Issuance of Ready for Environmental Analysis notice ............................................................................................................... January 4, 2018. 

Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions ...................................... March 5, 2018. 

Reply comments due .................................................................................................................................................................. April 19, 2018. 

Commission Issues Draft EA ...................................................................................................................................................... September 1, 2018. 

Comments on Draft EA ............................................................................................................................................................... October 1, 2018. 

Modified terms and conditions due ............................................................................................................................................. November 30, 

2018. 

Commission issues Final EA ...................................................................................................................................................... February 28, 2019. 

Dated: October 12, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22534 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IS17–522–000] 

Supplemental Notice of Technical 

Conference; Colonial Pipeline 

Company 

On September 29, 2017, a notice was 

issued stating that a technical 

conference will be held to address the 

effect of the tariff changes proposed by 

Colonial Pipeline Company in its June 

23, 2017 filing in this docket. The 

technical conference will be held on 

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 9:00 

a.m., in a room to be designated at the 

offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

For interested persons who cannot 

attend the technical conference, a callin number has been established. Dial in 

from your phone: 

From within local Wash, DC area 202– 

502–6888 

From outside Local Wash, DC area 1– 

877–857–1347 

Meeting ID: 0255 

Dated: October 12, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22530 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–1–000] 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization; Texas Gas 

Transmission, LLC 

Take notice that on October 3, 2017, 

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC. (Texas 

Gas), 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, 

Houston, Texas 77046, filed a prior 

notice application pursuant to sections 

157.205, 157.216(b) of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Texas Gas’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP82–407–000. Texas Gas requests to 

abandon certain natural gas pipeline 

assets and ancillary auxiliary facilities 

and appurtenances located in 

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, all as 

more fully set forth in the request, 

which is on file with the Commission 

and open to public inspection. The 

proposed application is referred to as 

the CBD/DST Pipeline Abandonment 

Project Application. 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, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

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

502–8659. 

Specifically, Texas Gas proposes to (i) 

abandon in place approximately 4.4 

miles and abandon by removal 2.4 miles 

of 8-inch pipeline designated as the 

Calliou Bay—Dog Lake (CBD) Pipeline, 

(ii) abandon in place approximately 10.1 

miles and abandon by removal 1.7 miles 

of 10-inch pipeline designated as the 

Deep Saline—Peltex (DST) Pipeline, and 

(iii) abandon by removal two platforms 

including associated boat landings, tube 

turns, including risers, meter facilities, 

associated piping, and other auxiliary 

appurtenances. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to Kathy 

D. Fort, Manager, Certificates and 

Tariffs, 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, 

Houston, Texas 77046 or phone (713) 

479–8033. 


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