Document ID: FERC-2016-1390-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications
Posted Date: 2016-10-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70413-70414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24555]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM98-1-000]

Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice

    This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of 
the receipt of prohibited and exempt off-the-record communications.
    Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission 
decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off-
the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested 
proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of 
the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any 
oral communication.
    Prohibited communications are included in a public, non-decisional 
file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the 
proceeding. Unless the Commission determines that the prohibited 
communication and any responses thereto should become a part of the 
decisional record, the prohibited off-the-record communication will not 
be considered by the Commission in reaching its decision. Parties to a 
proceeding may seek the opportunity to

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respond to any facts or contentions made in a prohibited off-the-record 
communication, and may request that the Commission place the prohibited 
communication and responses thereto in the decisional record. The 
Commission will grant such a request only when it determines that 
fairness so requires. Any person identified below as having made a 
prohibited off-the-record communication shall serve the document on all 
parties listed on the official service list for the applicable 
proceeding in accordance with Rule 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
    Exempt off-the-record communications are included in the decisional 
record of the proceeding, unless the communication was with a 
cooperating agency as described by 40 CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
    The following is a list of off-the-record communications recently 
received by the Secretary of the Commission. The communications listed 
are grouped by docket numbers in ascending order. These filings are 
available for electronic 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 link. Enter the docket number, 
excluding the last three digits, in the docket number field to access 
the document. 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.
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    \1\ Twenty four letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners and 
staff under this docket number.
    \2\ Twenty four letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners and 
staff under this docket number.
    \3\ Twelve letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners and 
staff under this docket number.
    \4\ Memo reporting communication with Cassandra Forsyth, FERC 
Contractor, and various agency representatives.

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          Docket No.               File date                          Presenter or requester
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Prohibited:
    1. CP16-22-000...........          9-21-2016  Mass Mailing.\1\
    2. CP16-22-000...........          9-21-2016  Mass Mailing.\2\
    3. CP16-22-000...........          9-21-2016  Mass Mailing,\3\
    4. CP15-558-000..........          9-26-2016  Evan M. Schneider.
    5. P-14341-000...........          9-26-2016  Mitchell Wexler
Exempt:
    1. CP16-10-000...........          9-20-2016  U.S. House Representative.
                                                  H. Morgan Griffith.
    2. CP15-558-000..........          9-20-2016  State of New Jersey Senator.
                                                  Raymond J. Lesniak.
    3. CP16-121-000..........          9-20-2016  City of Providence, Rhode Island.
                                                  Mayor Jorge O. Elorza.
    4. CP15-77-000...........          9-23-2016  United States Senator Mitch McConnell.
    CP15-88-000..............
    5. CP15-520-000..........          9-26-2016  FERC Staff.\4\
    6. ER13-2483-001.........          9-26-2016  U.S. House Representative Dave Brat.
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    Dated: October 4, 2016
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-24555 Filed 10-11-16; 8:45 am]
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