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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER16–1766–002. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Compliance filing: 2017– 

10–27_Amendment to RSG Compliance 

filing to be effective 4/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5113 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER16–1958–000. 

Applicants: Panda Patriot LLC. 

Description: Report Filing: Refund 

Report [EL16–103] to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5213. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–176–000. 

Applicants: Public Service Company 

of Colorado. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

20171027_Rush Creek Production Filing 

to be effective 1/1/2018. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5127. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–177–000. 

Applicants: Liberty Utilities (CalPeco 

Electric) LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Resolution of Billing Error Refile to be 

effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5201. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

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

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: October 27, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23850 Filed 11–1–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–463–000] 

Florida Southeast Connection, LLC; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for The 

Proposed Okeechobee Lateral Pipeline 

Project, and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Okeechobee Lateral Pipeline Project 

(Project) involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Florida 

Southeast Connection, LLC (FSC) in 

Okeechobee County, Florida. 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 

22, 2017. 

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. 

FSC 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 CP17–463– 

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 

FSC requests authorization to 

construct and operate approximately 5.2 

miles of 20-inch-diameter natural gas 

transmission pipeline and associated 

facilities (inspection tool launcher and 

receiver and a meter station) in 

Okeechobee County, Florida. This 

pipeline would connect FSC’s mainline 

system with the Florida Power & Light 

Company’s Okeechobee Clean Energy 

Center (currently under construction) 

and would be capable of providing 400 

million cubic feet per day of natural gas 

to this facility. FSC anticipates 

construction would require four to five 

months, beginning in mid-2018. The 


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1The 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. 

2We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff 

of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

3The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 1501.6. 

4The 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. 

general location of the project facilities 

is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the proposed facilities 

would disturb about 105 acres of land. 

Following construction, FSC would 

maintain about 30 acres of land for 

permanent operation of the project 

facilities. The remaining acreage would 

be restored and revert to former uses. 

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 2 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; 

• 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. 

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.3 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.4 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 of the EA 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., CP17–463). 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 


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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/ 

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Dated: October 24, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23881 Filed 11–1–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC18–9–000. 

Applicants: Thunder Ranch Wind 

Project, LLC. 

Description: Application for 

Authorization Under Section 203 of the 

Federal Power Act, Request for 

Expedited Consideration and 

Confidential Treatment of Thunder 

Ranch Wind Project, LLC. 

Filed Date: 10/26/17. 

Accession Number: 20171026–5331. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/16/17. 

Docket Numbers: EC18–10–000. 

Applicants: MATEP LLC. 

Description: Application for 

Authorization Under Section 203 of the 

Federal Power Act and Requests for 

Waiver of Filing Requirements and for 

Privileged and Confidential Treatment 

of MATEP LLC. 

Filed Date: 10/26/17. 

Accession Number: 20171026–5338. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/16/17. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2162–001; 

ER17–2163–001. 

Applicants: SunE Beacon Site 2 LLC, 

SunE Beacon Site 5 LLC. 

Description: Notice of Non-Material 

Change in Status of SunE Beacon Site 2 

LLC, et al. 

Filed Date: 10/26/17. 

Accession Number: 20171026–5318. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/16/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–169–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: SCE 

Transmission Owner Tariff Formula 

Rate Filing (TO2018) to be effective 1/ 

1/2018. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5004. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–170–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Limited Waiver Request 

of Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc. 

Filed Date: 10/26/17. 

Accession Number: 20171026–5310. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/16/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–171–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2236R9 Golden Spread Electric 

Cooperative, Inc. NITSA NOA to be 

effective 10/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5042. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–172–000. 

Applicants: NorthWestern 

Corporation. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: RS 

39–SD—Concurrence to Big Stone Plant 

Transmission Facilities Agreement to be 

effective 9/29/2010. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5050. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–173–000. 

Applicants: New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

NYISO 205 re: Accepted Revision to 

correct data entry in Contract 218 OATT 

Att L to be effective 12/27/2017. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5063. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–174–000. 

Applicants: NorthWestern 

Corporation. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: RS 

40–SD—Concurrence to Coyote 1 

Station Transmission Facilities 

Agreement to be effective 9/29/2010. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5069. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–175–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Filing to Correct Parameters in Tariff 

section 204.3A filed in ER16–2518 to be 

effective 12/26/2017. 

Filed Date: 10/27/17. 

Accession Number: 20171027–5072. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

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

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: October 27, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23849 Filed 11–1–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. OR18–1–000] 

CVR Logistics, LLC; Notice of Request 

for Temporary Waiver 

Take notice that on October 19, 2017, 

pursuant to Rule 204 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.204, CVR 

Logistics, LLC filed a petition for 

temporary waiver of the tariff filing and 

reporting requirements applicable to 

interstate oil pipelines under Sections 6 

and 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act 

and Parts 341 and 357 of the 

Commission’s regulations. This request 

pertains to certain oil pipeline facilities 

and its associated appurtenances to be 

operated by Applicant within the States 

of Kansas and Oklahoma, as more fully 

explained in the petition. 

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 and 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. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Petitioner. 


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