[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62361-62362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24513]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2558-029]


 Green Mountain Power Corporation; Vermont; Otter Creek 
Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Proposed Restricted Service List for a 
Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible 
for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places

    Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure \1\ provides that, to 
eliminate unnecessary expense or improve administrative efficiency, the 
Secretary may establish a restricted service list for a particular 
phase or issue in a proceeding. The restricted service list should 
contain the names of persons on the service list who, in the judgment 
of the decisional authority establishing the list, are active 
participants with respect to the phase or issue in the proceeding for 
which the list is established.
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    \1\ 18 CFR 385.2010.
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    The Commission staff is consulting with the Vermont State Historic 
Preservation Office (Vermont SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Advisory Council) pursuant to the Advisory Council's 
regulations, 36 CFR part 800, implementing section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 470f), to prepare a 
Programmatic Agreement for managing properties included in, or eligible 
for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places that could 
be affected by issuance of a new license for the Otter Creek 
Hydroelectric Project No. 2558.
    The programmatic agreement, when executed by the Commission and the 
Vermont SHPO, would satisfy the Commission's section 106 
responsibilities for all individual undertakings carried out in 
accordance with the license until the license expires or is terminated 
(36 CFR 800.13[e]). The Commission's responsibilities pursuant to 
section 106 for the project would be fulfilled through the Programmatic

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Agreement, which the Commission staff proposes to draft in consultation 
with certain parties listed below. The executed Programmatic Agreement 
would be incorporated into any Order issuing a license.
    Green Mountain Power Corporation, as applicant for the Otter Creek 
Hydroelectric Project, has expressed an interest in this proceeding and 
is invited to participate in consultations to develop the Programmatic 
Agreement. For purposes of commenting on the programmatic agreement, we 
propose to restrict the service list for Project No. 2558 as follows:

John Eddins or Representative, Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation, The Old Post Office Building, Suite 803, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004.
Giovanna Peebles or Representative, State of Vermont, Division for 
Historic Preservation, One National Life Drive, Floor 6, Montpelier, VT 
05620-0501.
Michael Scarzello or Representative, Green Mountain Power Corporation, 
77 Grove St., Rutland, VT 05701.

    Any person on the official service list for the above-captioned 
proceeding may request inclusion on the restricted service list, or may 
request that a restricted service list not be established, by filing a 
motion to that effect within 15 days of this notice date. In a request 
for inclusion, please identify the reason(s) why there is an interest 
to be included. Also please identify any concerns about historic 
properties, including Traditional Cultural Properties. If historic 
properties are to be identified within the motion, please use a 
separate page, and label it NON-PUBLIC Information.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected], (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-2558-029.
    If no such motions are filed, the restricted service list will be 
effective at the end of the 15 day period. Otherwise, a further notice 
will be issued ruling on any motion or motions within the 15-day 
period.

    Dated: October 11, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-24513 Filed 10-18-13; 8:45 am]
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