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Applicants: Pennsylvania Electric
Company.
Description: Amendment to July 31,
2015 Application of Pennsylvania
Electric Company for Authorization
under Section 204(a) of the Federal
Power Act to Issue Short-Term Debt
Securities.
Filed Date: 10/9/15.
Accession Number: 20151009–5293.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/30/15.
Docket Numbers: ES15–44–000.
Applicants: Metropolitan Edison
Company.
Description: Amendment to July 31,
2015 Application of Metropolitan
Edison Company for Authorization
under Section 204(a) of the Federal
Power Act to Issue Short-Term Debt
Securities.
Filed Date: 10/9/15.
Accession Number: 20151009–5292.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/30/15.
Docket Numbers: ES15–45–000.
Applicants: West Penn Power
Company.
Description: Amendment to July 31,
2015 Application of West Penn Power
Company for Authorization under
Section 204(a) of the Federal Power Act
to Issue Short-Term Debt Securities.
Filed Date: 10/9/15.
Accession Number: 20151009–5290.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/30/15.
Docket Numbers: ES15–46–000.
Applicants: Monongahela Power
Company.
Description: Amendment to July 31,
2015 Application of Monongahela
Power Company for Authorization
under Section 204(a) of the Federal
Power Act to Issue Short-Term Debt
Securities.
Filed Date: 10/9/15.
Accession Number: 20151009–5288.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/30/15.
Docket Numbers: ES15–47–000.
Applicants: The Potomac Edison
Company.
Description: Amendment to July 31,
2015 Application of The Potomac
Edison Power Company for
Authorization under Section 204(a) of
the Federal Power Act to Issue ShortTerm Debt Securities.
Filed Date: 10/9/15.
Accession Number: 20151009–5287.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/30/15.
Docket Numbers: ES15–48–000.
Applicants: Trans-Allegheny
Interstate Line Company.
Description: Amendment to July 31,
2015 Application of Trans-Allegheny
Interstate Line Company for
Authorization under Section 204(a) of
the Federal Power Act to Issue ShortTerm Debt Securities.
Filed Date: 10/9/15.

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Accession Number: 20151009–5284.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/30/15.
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 13, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER16–72–000]

San Gorgonio Westwinds II—
Windustries, LLC; Supplemental
Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
Section 204 Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of San
Gorgonio Westwinds II—Windustries,
LLC’s application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and

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assumptions of liability, is November 3,
2015.
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-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic 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.
Dated: October 14, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–26716 Filed 10–20–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC15–11–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–914); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting its information
collection (FERC–914, Cogeneration and
Small Power Production—Tariff Filings)
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of the information

SUMMARY:

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collection requirements. Any interested
person may file comments directly with
OMB and should address a copy of
those comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (80 FR 46257, 8/4/
2015) requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–914 and is making this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by November 20,
2015.
Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0231, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via
telephone at 202–395–4718.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC15–11–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket

ADDRESSES:

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–914, Cogeneration and
Small Power Production—Tariff Filings.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0231
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–914 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: Section 205(c) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) requires that every
public utility have all of its
jurisdictional rates and tariffs on file
with the Commission and make them
available for public inspection, within
such time and in such form as the
Commission may designate. Section
205(d) of the FPA requires that every
public utility must provide notice to the
Commission and the public of any
changes to its jurisdictional rates and
tariffs, file such changes with the
Commission, and make them available
for public inspection, in such manner as
directed by the Commission. In
addition, FPA section 206 requires the
Commission, upon complaint or its own
motion, to modify existing rates or
services that are found to be unjust,
unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or
preferential. FPA section 207 requires
the Commission upon complaint by a
state commission and a finding of
insufficient interstate service, to order
the rendering of adequate interstate
service by public utilities, the rates for
which would be filed in accordance
with FPA sections 205 and 206.
In Orders Nos. 671 and 671–A 1, the
Commission revised its regulations that
govern qualifying small power
production and cogeneration facilities.
Among other things, the Commission

eliminated certain exemptions from rate
regulation that were previously
available to qualifying facilities (QFs).
New qualifying facilities may need to
make tariff filings if they do not meet
the new exemption requirements.
FERC implemented the Congressional
mandate of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (EPAct 2005) to establish criteria
for new qualifying cogeneration
facilities by: (1) Amending the
exemptions available to qualifying
facilities from the FPA and from
PUHCA [resulting in the burden
imposed by FERC–914, the subject of
this statement]; (2) ensuring that these
facilities are using their thermal output
in a productive and beneficial manner;
that the electrical, thermal, chemical
and mechanical output of new
qualifying cogeneration facilities is used
fundamentally for industrial,
commercial, residential or industrial
purposes; and there is continuing
progress in the development of efficient
electric energy generating technology;
(3) amending the FERC Form 556 2 to
reflect the criteria for new qualifying
cogeneration facilities; and (4)
eliminating ownership limitations for
qualifying cogeneration and small
power production facilities. The
Commission satisfied the statutory
mandate and its continuing obligation to
review its policies encouraging
cogeneration and small power
production, energy conservation,
efficient use of facilities and resources
by electric utilities, and equitable rates
for energy customers.
Type of Respondents: New qualifying
facilities and small power producers
that do not meet Commission exemption
criteria.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden for the information
collection as:

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FERC–914: COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION—TARIFF FILINGS
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of
responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 4

Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost

Cost per
Respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

FPA Section 205 Filings ..........................

35

1

35

Electric Quarterly Reports (initial) ............

0

0

0

1 Revised Regulations Governing Small Power
Production and Cogeneration Facilities, Order No.
671, 71 FR 7852 (2/15/2006), FERC Stats. & Regs.
¶ 31,203 (2006); and Revised Regulations Governing
Small Power Production and Cogeneration
Facilities, Order 671–A, 71 FR 30585 (5/30/2006),
in Docket No. RM05–36.

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2 The FERC–556 is cleared separately as OMB
Control No. 1902–0075 and is not a subject of this
notice.
3 The Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or

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$13,176
230
$16,560

6,405
$461,160
0
$0

$13,176
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provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.

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FERC–914: COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION—TARIFF FILINGS—Continued
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of
responses

Average
burden & cost
per response 4

Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost

Cost per
Respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1)*(2)=(3)

(4)

(3)*(4)=(5)

(5)÷(1)

Electric Quarterly Reports (later) .............

35

4

140

Change of Status .....................................

10

1

10

TOTAL ..............................................

........................

185

........................

Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: October 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–26727 Filed 10–20–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14701–000]

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Empire State Hydro 301, LLC; Notice of
Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On August 20, 2015, Empire State
Hydro 301, LLC filed an application for
a preliminary permit, pursuant to
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility
of the Diamond Mills Hydroelectric
Project (Diamond Mills Project or
project) to be located at the existing
Diamond Mills Dam on Esopus Creek in
Saugerties, Ulster County, New York.
The sole purpose of a preliminary
4 The estimates for cost per response are derived
using the following formula: Average Burden Hours
per Response * $72.00 per Hour = Average Cost per
Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the
FERC average salary of $149,489/year.

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permit, if issued, is to grant the permit
holder priority to file a license
application during the permit term. A
preliminary permit does not authorize
the permit holder to perform any landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter
upon lands or waters owned by others
without the owners’ express permission.
The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) An 140-acre
impoundment with a normal volume of
826 acre-feet; (2) an existing 350-footlong, 32-foot-high concrete gravity dam
with a spillway length of 340 feet; (3) an
existing 30-foot-long, 9-foot-high
auxiliary spillway; (4) an existing 10foot-long, 6-foot-diameter penstock; (5)
two new 750-kilowatt turbines; (6) a
new 50-foot-long, 30-foot-wide
powerhouse; (7) a new 300-foot-long,
12.7-kilovolt transmission line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities. The estimated
annual generation of the Diamond Mills
Project would be 5,300 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark
Boumansour, Empire State Hydro 301,
LLC, c/o Gravity Renewables, Inc., 1401
Walnut Street, Suite 220, Boulder, CO
80302; phone: (303) 440–3378.
FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone:
(202) 502–6336.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications using the
Commission’s eFiling system at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/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

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$216

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–14701–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s Web site at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14701) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: October 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–26729 Filed 10–20–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC16–6–000.
Applicants: Noble Altona Windpark,
LLC, Noble Bliss Windpark, LLC, Noble
Clinton Windpark I, LLC, Noble
Ellenburg Windpark, LLC, Noble
Chateaugay Windpark, LLC, Noble Great
Plains Windpark, LLC, Noble
Wethersfield Windpark, LLC.
Description: Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act and Request for
Waivers, Confidential Treatment, and
Expedited Consideration of Noble
Altona Windpark, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 10/8/15.
Accession Number: 20151008–5174.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/29/15.
Docket Numbers: EC16–7–000.

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