Klamath River Renewal Corporation and PacifiCorp; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Surrender, Decommissioning, and Removal of the Lower Klamath Hydroelectric Project, 12445-12446 [2022-04537]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12445-12446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04537]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 14803-001 and P-2082-063]


Klamath River Renewal Corporation and PacifiCorp; Notice of 
Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Surrender, Decommissioning, and Removal of the Lower Klamath 
Hydroelectric Project

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory

[[Page 12446]]

Commission's (Commission) regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office of 
Energy Projects has reviewed the application for surrender of license 
and removal of project works for the Lower Klamath Hydroelectric 
Project No. 14803 and has prepared a draft environmental impact 
statement (EIS).\1\ The project is located on the Klamath River in 
Klamath County, Oregon, and in Siskiyou County, California. The project 
occupies approximately 400 acres of federal lands. These federal lands 
are administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM).
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    \1\ On July 16, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 
issued a final rule, Update to the Regulations Implementing the 
Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
(Final Rule, 85 FR 43,304), which was effective as of September 14, 
2020. Accordingly, this EIS was prepared pursuant to the Final Rule.
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    The draft EIS contains staff evaluations of the applicant's 
proposal and the alternatives for surrender of the Lower Klamath 
Project. The draft EIS documents the views of governmental agencies, 
non-governmental organizations, affected Indian Tribes, the public, the 
applicants, and Commission staff.
    In this notice, we acknowledge the number of pages in this draft 
EIS exceeds the final EIS page limits set forth in CEQ's Final Rule for 
proposals of unusual scope or complexity. Noting the scope and 
complexity of this proposal, the Director, Office of Energy Projects, 
as our senior agency official, has authorized this page limit 
exceedance for both the draft and final EIS.
    The Commission provides all interested persons with an opportunity 
to view and/or print the draft EIS via the internet through the 
Commission's Home Page (https://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. At this time, the 
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference 
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), in a Presidential 
proclamation issued on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected], or toll-free at (866) 
208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    All comments must be filed by April 18, 2022.
    Due to concerns with large gatherings related to COVID-19, we do 
not intend to conduct public meetings for the purpose of receiving 
comments on the draft EIS. Instead, we are soliciting only written 
comments.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments 
up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment 
system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You must 
include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. 
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In lieu of 
electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via 
the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier 
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 
The first page of any filing should include the docket numbers P-14803-
001 and P-2082-063.
    Anyone may intervene in this proceeding based on this draft EIS (18 
CFR 380.10). You must file your request to intervene as specified 
above.\2\ You do not need intervenor status to have your comments 
considered.
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    \2\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the 
internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    For further information, please contact Diana Shannon at (202) 502-
6136 or at [email protected].

    Dated: February 25, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04537 Filed 3-3-22; 8:45 am]
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