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330–761–7869, Emails: mparke@

firstenergycorp.com and ksealy@

firstenergycorp.com. 

For transferee: BCE: Mr. David R. Poe 

and Ms. Serena A. Rwejuna, Bracewell 

LLP, 2001 M Street NW., Suite 900, 

Washington, DC 20036, Phone: 202– 

467–6370, Emails: dave.poe@

bracewelllaw.com and serena.rwejuna@

bracewell.com. 

FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, (202) 

502–8735, patricia.gillis@ferc.gov. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, and protests: 30 days from 

the date that the Commission issues this 

notice. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing. Please file 

comments, motions to intervene, and 

protests using the Commission’s eFiling 

system at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/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–2716–047. 

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23112 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL18–19–000] 

Notice of Institution of Section 206 

Proceeding and Refund Effective Date; 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

On October 19, 2017, the Commission 

issued an order in Docket No. EL18–19– 

000, Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 161 

FERC 61,062 (2017) (October 2017 

Order), pursuant to section 206 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 

824e (2012), instituting an investigation 

to examine the Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. (SPP) Membership Agreement and 

any other Commission-jurisdictional 

SPP documents that must be revised to 

fully implement the refund commitment 

concerns identified in the Commission’s 

July 21, 2016 order in Docket No. EL16– 

91–000 in Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 

156 FERC 61,059 (2016). The October 

2017 Order also consolidated Docket 

Nos. EL16–91–000 and EL18–19–000. 

The refund effective date in Docket 

No. EL18–19–000, established pursuant 

to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Any interested person desiring to be 

heard in Docket No. EL18–19–000 must 

file a notice of intervention or motion to 

intervene, as appropriate, with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214, within 21 

days of the date of issuance of the order. 

Dated: October 19, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23110 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–5–000] 

Notice of Petition for Declaratory 

Order; Constitution Pipeline Company, 

LLC 

Take notice that on October 12, 2017, 

pursuant to section 385.207 of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure, 18 

385.207(2017), Constitution Pipeline 

Company, LLC (Constitution) filed a 

Petition for Declaratory Order finding 

that New York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation failed to 

act within a reasonable period of time 

on Constitution’s Clean water Act 

Section 401 application, and that such 

failure to act constitutes a waiver of 

Section 401 water quality certification 

requirement for federal authorizations 

related to the New York State portion of 

Constitution’s pipeline project, all as 

more fully explained in the petition. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in this proceeding must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

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. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Petitioner. 

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 proceeding 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also 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 November 9, 2017 

Dated: October 19, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23109 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–490–000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Riverdale South to Market 

Project, and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues; 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 


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1A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed 

parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. 

2The appendices referenced in this notice will 

not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 

using the link called eLibrary or from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 

502–8371. For instructions on connecting to 

eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. 

3We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff 

of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

the Riverdale South to Market Project 

involving construction and operation of 

facilities by Transcontinental Gas Pipe 

Line Company, LLC (Transco) in 

Bergen, Hudson, and Union Counties, 

New Jersey. The Commission will use 

this EA in its decision-making process 

to determine whether the project is in 

the public convenience and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on the project. 

You can make a difference by providing 

us with your specific comments or 

concerns about the project. Your 

comments should focus on the potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. Your 

input will help the Commission staff 

determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your 

comments are timely and properly 

recorded, please send your comments so 

that the Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before November 

20, 2017. 

If you sent comments on this project 

to the Commission before the opening of 

this docket on August 31, 2017, you will 

need to file those comments in Docket 

No. CP17–490–000 to ensure they are 

considered as part of this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

proposed facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the Commission 

approves the project, that approval 

conveys with it the right of eminent 

domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 

where compensation would be 

determined in accordance with state 

law. 

Transco provided landowners with a 

fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled 

‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On 

My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’ 

This fact sheet addresses a number of 

typically asked questions, including the 

use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. It is also available for 

viewing on the FERC Web site 

(www.ferc.gov). 

Public Participation 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. 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 number (CP17–490– 

000) with your submission: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

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

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Transco proposes to construct, 

modify, upgrade, and operate various 

facilities in connection with its 

proposed Riverdale South to Market 

Project located in Bergen, Hudson, and 

Union Counties, New Jersey. According 

to Transco, the Project would increase 

the firm delivery transportation capacity 

of its existing pipeline system by 

190,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of 

natural gas per day from the Riverdale 

interconnection to existing Compressor 

Station 210 in Mercer County and the 

Central Manhattan Metering and 

Regulating Station (M&R) in Hudson 

County. The Compressor Station 210 

pooling point would receive 140,000 

Dth/d, and the Central Manhattan 

Metering and Regulating Station would 

receive 50,000 Dth/d. 

The Project would consist of the 

following facilities: 

• Uprate of 10.35 miles of Transco’s 

existing 24-inch-diameter North New 

Jersey Extension pipeline in Bergen 

County; 

• Upgrades to the existing Orange and 

Rockland M&R, Emerson M&R, and 

Paramus M&R in Bergen County to 

accommodate additional capacity; 

• Construction of approximately 0.61 

mile of new 42-inch-diameter pipeline 

loop 1 along Transco’s existing Mainline 

A in Bergen County; 

• Modifications to the Central 

Manhattan M&R in Hudson County; 

• Removal of the J199 Valve in 

Bergen County; and 

• Installation of appurtenant ancillary 

facilities. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the proposed facilities 

would disturb about 58 acres of land for 

the aboveground facilities and the 

pipeline. Following construction, 

Transco would maintain about 10 acres 

for permanent operation of the project’s 

facilities; the remaining acreage would 

be restored and revert to former uses. 

The majority of the project would be 

constructed within existing rights-ofway or within existing fenced facilities. 

The EA Process 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to 

take into account the environmental 

impacts that could result from an action 

whenever it considers the issuance of a 

Certificate of Public Convenience and 

Necessity. NEPA also requires us 3 to 

discover and address concerns the 

public may have about proposals. This 

process is referred to as scoping. The 

main goal of the scoping process is to 

focus the analysis in the EA on the 

important environmental issues. By this 

notice, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of the issues to 

address in the EA. We will consider all 

filed comments during the preparation 

of the EA. 

In the EA we will discuss impacts that 

could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• Land use; 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• Cultural resources; 


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4The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 1501.6. 

5The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s 

regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define 

historic properties as any prehistoric or historic 

district, site, building, structure, or object included 

in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

• Vegetation and wildlife; 

• Air quality and noise; 

• Endangered and threatened species; 

• Public safety; and 

• Cumulative impacts. 

We will also evaluate reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

The EA will present our independent 

analysis of the issues. The EA will be 

available in the public record through 

eLibrary. Depending on the comments 

received during the scoping process, we 

may also publish and distribute the EA 

to the public for an allotted comment 

period. We will consider all comments 

on the EA before making our 

recommendations to the Commission. 

To ensure we have the opportunity to 

consider and address your comments, 

please carefully follow the instructions 

in the Public Participation section on 

page 2. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ 

or special expertise with respect to the 

environmental issues of this project to 

formally cooperate with us in the 

preparation of the EA.4 Agencies that 

would like to request cooperating 

agency status should follow the 

instructions for filing comments 

provided under the Public Participation 

section of this notice. 

Consultations Under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

In accordance with the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation’s 

implementing regulations for section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, we are using this 

notice to initiate consultation with the 

applicable State Historic Preservation 

Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views 

and those of other government agencies, 

interested Indian tribes, and the public 

on the project’s potential effects on 

historic properties.5 We will define the 

project-specific Area of Potential Effects 

(APE) in consultation with the SHPO as 

the project develops. On natural gas 

facility projects, the APE at a minimum 

encompasses all areas subject to ground 

disturbance (examples include 

construction right-of-way, contractor/ 

pipe storage yards, compressor stations, 

and access roads). Our EA for this 

project will document our findings on 

the impacts on historic properties and 

summarize the status of consultations 

under section 106. 

Environmental Mailing List 

The environmental mailing list 

includes federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. This list also includes 

all affected landowners (as defined in 

the Commission’s regulations) who are 

potential right-of-way grantors, whose 

property may be used temporarily for 

project purposes, or who own homes 

within certain distances of aboveground 

facilities, and anyone who submits 

comments on the project. We will 

update the environmental mailing list as 

the analysis proceeds to ensure that we 

send the information related to this 

environmental review to all individuals, 

organizations, and government entities 

interested in and/or potentially affected 

by the proposed project. 

If we publish and distribute the EA, 

copies will be sent to the environmental 

mailing list for public review and 

comment. If you would prefer to receive 

a paper copy of the document instead of 

the CD version or would like to remove 

your name from the mailing list, please 

return the attached Information Request 

(appendix 2). 

Becoming an Intervenor 

In addition to involvement in the EA 

scoping process, you may want to 

become an intervenor which is an 

official party to the Commission’s 

proceeding. Intervenors play a more 

formal role in the process and are able 

to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be 

heard by the courts if they choose to 

appeal the Commission’s final ruling. 

An intervenor formally participates in 

the proceeding by filing a request to 

intervene. Instructions for becoming an 

intervenor are in the Document-less 

Intervention Guide under the e-filing 

link on the Commission’s Web site. 

Motions to intervene are more fully 

described at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. 

Additional Information 

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 at 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– 

490). 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. 

Finally, public sessions or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at www.ferc.gov/Event

Calendar/EventsList.aspx along with 

other related information. 

Dated: October 19, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23107 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 8936–024] 

Notice of Application for Surrender of 

License, Soliciting Comments, Motions 

To Intervene, And Protests; Far West 

Power Corporation 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Proceeding: Application for 

surrender of license. 

b. Project No.: 8936–024. 

c. Date Filed: August 1, 2017. 

d. Licensee: Far West Power 

Corporation. 

e. Name of Project: Power Canal 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the tailrace canal of Pacific Gas and 

Electric Company’s (PG&E) Potter Valley 

Hydroelectric Project No. 77, on the East 

Fork Russian River, in Mendocino 

County, California. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Licensee Contact: Mr. Ross 

Goodwin, Far West Power Corporation, 


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