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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER14-16-000]

Burgess Biopower 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 Burgess Biopower LLC's application for market-based rate authority,
with an accompanying rate schedule, 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 assumptions of
liability is October 28, 2013.
    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(s) are accessible in
the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in
the above list. They are also 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<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or
call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: October 7, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Notices]
[Pages 31325-31326]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12693]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent Decree; Request for Public Comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed
consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club and the
Natural Resources Defense Council in the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California, in which several states have
intervened as plaintiff-interveners: Sierra Club et al. v. McCarthy,
Civil Action No. 3:13-cv-3953-SI (N.D. Cal.). On August 26, 2013,
Plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that Gina McCarthy, in her
official capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (``EPA''), failed to take timely nondiscretionary
action to promulgate and publish the remaining area designations for
the 2010 revised primary national ambient air quality standard
(``NAAQS'') for sulfur dioxide (``SO2''). The proposed
consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to take such action.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by July 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2014-0421 online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method);
by email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>by mail to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be
formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address
above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Thrift, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree

    The proposed consent decree would address a lawsuit filed by the
Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council (``Plaintiffs'')
seeking to compel the Administrator to take action to promulgate and
publish remaining area designations for the 2010 primary SO2
NAAQS under CAA sections 107(d)(1)(B) and 107(d)(2)(A), 42 U.S.C.
7407(d)(1)(B), 7407(d)(2)(A). Under the terms of the proposed consent
decree, to which Plaintiffs and EPA are parties (the Plaintiff-
Intervener states have not joined this consent decree), EPA would be
required to complete area designations for the 2010 SO2
NAAQS in three stages. First, on or before the date 16 months from the
date of the consent decree, EPA will sign for publication in the
Federal Register a notice of promulgation of such designations for
remaining undesignated areas which: (a) Based on air quality monitoring
in the three full calendar years preceding such deadline have monitored
violations of the 2010 SO2 NAAQS; or (b) contain any
stationary source that has not been ``announced for retirement'' and
that, according to the data in EPA's Air Markets Database, either (1)
emitted more than 16,000 tons of SO2 in 2012, or (2) emitted
more than 2,600 tons of SO2 and had an annual average
emission rate of 0.45 lbs SO2/Mmbtu or higher in 2012; where
(c) ``announced for retirement'' means any stationary source in the
United States with a coal-fired unit that as of January 1, 2010, had a
capacity of over five megawatts and that has announced that it will
cease burning coal at that unit through a company public announcement,
public utilities commission filing, consent decree, public legal
settlement, final state or federal permit filing, or similar means of
communication. Second, on or before December 31, 2017, EPA will sign a
notice of promulgation of such designations for remaining undesignated
areas in which, by January 1, 2017, states have not installed and begun
operating a new SO2 monitoring network meeting EPA
specifications referenced in EPA's anticipated ``Data Requirements
Rule'' rulemaking (proposed at 79 FR 27449 (May 13, 2014)) directing
states to collect and analyze additional information regarding
SO2 emissions concentrations. Third, on or before December
31, 2020, EPA will sign a notice of promulgation of such designations
for all remaining undesignated areas. In addition, the proposed consent
decree arranges for

payment to the Plaintiffs for the costs of litigation, including
attorney fees.
    For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will accept written comments relating to the
proposed consent decree from persons who are not named as parties or
interveners to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of
Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed consent decree
if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of
Justice determines that consent to this consent decree should be
withdrawn, the terms of the consent decree will be affirmed.

II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree

A. How can I get a copy of the Consent Decree?

    The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2014-0421 contains a copy of the proposed consent
decree. The official public docket is available for public viewing at
the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket
Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the
telephone number for the OEI Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in the
appropriate docket identification number then select ``search''.
    It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI
and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not
included in the official public docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material, including
copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed
in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access
any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket
Center.

B. How and to whom do I submit comments?

    You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
    If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD
ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or
contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included
as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you
for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
    Use of the www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments to EPA
electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. The
electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail
(email) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an
email comment directly to the Docket without going through
www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.

    Dated: May 23, 2014.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
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