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accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

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email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

o. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Major milestone Target date 

Draft EA Issued .................... June 2018. 

Comments on Draft EA due July 2018. 

Final EA Issued .................... October 2018. 

Dated: November 2, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24273 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. OR18–5–000] 

Notice of Request for Temporary 

Waiver; Marathon Pipe Line LLC 

Take notice that on November 1, 

2017, pursuant to Rule 204 of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.204, 

Marathon Pipe Line LLC filed a petition 

for temporary waiver of the tariff filing 

and reporting requirements of sections 6 

and 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act 

and parts 341 and 357 of the 

Commission’s regulations with respect 

to four pipeline assets, 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. 

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 November 17, 2017. 

Dated: November 2, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24272 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD18–2–000] 

White River Electric Association, Inc.; 

Notice of Preliminary Determination of 

a Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility and Soliciting Comments and 

Motions To Intervene 

On October 31, 2017, White River 

Electric Association, Inc., filed a notice 

of intent to construct a qualifying 

conduit hydropower facility, pursuant 

to section 30 of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA), as amended by section 4 of the 

Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act 

of 2013 (HREA). The proposed Town of 

Meeker Hydro Project would have an 

installed capacity of up to 180 kilowatts 

(kW), and would be located along the 

existing Meeker Power Canal near the 

Town of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, 

Colorado. 

Applicant Contact: Trina ZagarBrown, General Counsel, 233 6th Street, 

P.O. Box 958, Meeker, CO 81641, Phone 

No. (970) 878–5041. 

FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

Phone No. (202) 502–6778, email: 

Christopher.Chaney@ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The proposed 

project would consist of: (1) Up to two 

low head turbines with a total 

generating capacity not to exceed 180 

kW; (2) two approximately 20-foot-long, 

44-inch-diameter penstocks exiting an 

existing 25-foot by 50-foot forebay 

structure; (3) a small controls structure; 

and (4) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed project would have an 

estimated annual generating capacity of 

up to 500,000 kilowatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all of the criteria shown 

in the table below. 

TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY

Statutory provision Description Satisfies 

(Y/N) 

FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by 

HREA.

The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar 

manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, 

municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by 

HREA.

The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power and 

uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended by 

HREA.

The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 megawatts ................................. Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended by 

HREA.

On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing requirements of Part I of the FPA.Y 


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