2015-13732. 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 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 [e-mail] or toll free at [phone], or for TTY, contact [phone].

Docket No.	File date	Presenter or requester
Prohibited:
1. CP15-138-000	5-19-15	William and Delores Smith, et al.1
2. CP15-17-000	5-21-15	Dinorah Hall and Wynn Page
Exempt:
3. CP14-96-000	5-12-15	Hon. Nita M. Lowey
4. CP14-96-000	5-12-15	Hons. Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren
5. CP14-17-000	5-13-15	Hon. Patrick J. Toomey
6. ER14-1409-000	5-14-15	Members of Congress.2
ER15-117-000
EL14-99-000
7. CP13-552-001	5-19-15	FERC Staff.3
CP13-553-001
8. CP13-552-000	5-21-15	Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.4
9. CP13-552-000	5-21-15	State of Louisiana Representatives.5
10. CP13-552-000	5-21-15	FERC Staff.6
11. CP13-552-000	5-21-15	Members of Congress.7
12. CP13-483-000	5-28-15	FERC Staff.8
CP13-492-000
1 John Timothy Gross, Dennis and Beverly Schaeffer, and C. Brian and Deborah Martin.
2 Hons. Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed, James R. Langevin, and David N. Cicilline.
3 Record of 5-19-15 telephone call with Senator Vitter.
4 Paul Miller.
5 Reps. Chuck Kleckey, Ted James, Jack Montoucet, Patrick Connick, Stuart Bishop, John Guinn, Joe Harrison, Jerry Gisclair, Neil Abramson, Clay Schexnayder, Blake Miguez, Chris Leopold, Nick Lorusso, Chris Broadwater, Walt Leger, Greg Miller, Bob Hensgens, Cameron Henry, Michael Danahay, Charles Chaney, Eddie Lambert, Gordon Dove, Jim Morris, Ray Garofalo, Mike Huval, Frank Foil, Joel Robideaux, Barry Ivey, Robert Johnson, Jonny Berthelot, Taylor Barras, Alred Williams, Karen St. Germain, James Armes, Henry Burns, Rob Shadoin, Mike Johnson, Michael Pugh, Alan Seabaugh, Tim Burns, Bernard LeBas, Kenny Havard, Terry Brown, (continued . . .) Ledricka Thierry, Erich Ponti, Terry Landry, Harold Ritchie, Major Thibaut, Scott Simon, Thomas Willmott, Sam Jones, Andy Anders, Nancy Landry, Kirk Talbot, and Jay Morris.
6 May 13, 2015 eMail from Senator Luke Tomanelli.
7 Hons. David Vitter, Bill Cassidy, M.D., Charles W. Boustany Jr., M.D., Steve Scalise, John Fleming, M.D., Cedric Richmond, Garret Graves, and Ralph Abraham, M.D.
8 Notes from 5-27-15 telephone conference call with federal cooperating agencies.

Dated: May 29, 2015.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,

Deputy Secretary.