[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 27598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11096]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL14-47-000]
Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington;
Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order
Take notice that on May 6, 2014, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2), the Public Utility District No. 1
of Snohomish County, Washington (District) filed a petition for
declaratory order requesting that the Commission declare that: (1) The
Federal Power Act \1\ preempts the regulatory authority of Island
County, Washington (Island County) and the Washington State Department
of Ecology (Ecology) under Washington's Shoreline Management Act (SMA)
over the District's action to construct, operate, and maintain the
Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project (Project) under its license; and
(2) the District accordingly is not required to obtain the approval of
Island County and Ecology in the form of Shoreline Conditional Use
Permit under the SMA in order to construct, operate, and maintain the
Project.
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\1\ 16 U.S.C. 791-823d (2012).
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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, 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. On or
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than 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 14 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
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 5, 2014.
Dated: May 8, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11096 Filed 5-13-14; 8:45 am]
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