Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit Corporation, DBA Elfin Cove Utility Commission; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment, 60154 [2022-21478]
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 191 / Tuesday, October 4, 2022 / Notices
Any questions regarding this notice
may be directed to John Matkowski at
(202) 502–8576 or john.matkowski@
ferc.gov.
Dated: September 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Dated: September 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–21476 Filed 10–3–22; 8:45 am]
[FR Doc. 2022–21478 Filed 10–3–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14514–003]
[Project No. 10482–122; Project No. 10481–
069; Project No. 9690–115]
Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit
Corporation, DBA Elfin Cove Utility
Commission; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
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The application will be processed
according to the following schedule.
Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
In addition, the Commission offers a
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Intervention Deadline: 5 p.m. eastern
time on October 19, 2022.
On August 24, 2020, the Community
of Elfin Cove Non-Profit Corporation
DBA Elfin Cove Utility Commission
(Elfin Cove) filed an application for an
original minor license to construct and
operate the 105-kilowatt Crooked Creek
and Jim’s Lake Hydroelectric Project No.
14514 (project). The proposed project
would be located on Crooked Creek and
Jim’s Lake near the community of Elfin
Cove, in the Sitka Recording District,
Unorganized Borough, Alaska. The
project would occupy 10.5 acres of
federal land in the Tongass National
Forest, managed by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Forest Service.
In accordance with the Commission’s
regulations, on June 27, 2022,
Commission staff issued a notice that
the project was ready for environmental
analysis (REA Notice). Based on the
information in the record, including
comments filed on the REA Notice, staff
does not anticipate that licensing the
project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Therefore,
staff intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the
application to license the Crooked Creek
and Jim’s Lake Project.
The EA will be issued and circulated
for review by all interested parties. All
comments filed on the EA will be
analyzed by staff and considered in the
Commission’s final licensing decision.
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April 2023.
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment: Eagle Creek Hydro
Power, LLC; Eagle Creek Water
Resources, LLC; Eagle Creek Land
Resources, LLC
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission)
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office
of Energy Projects has reviewed the joint
application for a new license for each of
the ‘‘Mongaup River Projects’’
consisting of the Swinging Bridge
Hydroelectric Project (Swinging Bridge
Project), Mongaup Falls Hydroelectric
Project (Mongaup Falls Project), and Rio
Hydroelectric Project (Rio Project). The
Swinging Bridge Project is located on
the Mongaup River and Black Lake
Creek in Sullivan County, New York.
The Mongaup Falls Project is located on
the Mongaup River and Black Brook in
Sullivan County, New York. The Rio
Project is located on the Mongaup River
in Sullivan and Orange Counties, New
York. The projects do not occupy any
federal land.
The EA contains staff’s analysis of the
potential environmental effects of the
Mongaup River Projects and concludes
1 The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that
EAs be completed within 1 year of the federal
action agency’s decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission’s intent to
prepare an EA for the Crooked Creek and Jim’s Lake
Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ’s
regulations, the final EA must be issued within 1
year of the issuance date of this notice.
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that licensing the projects, with
appropriate environmental measures,
would not constitute a major federal
action that would significantly affect the
quality of the human environment.
The number of pages in the EA
exceeds the page limits set forth in the
Council on Environmental Quality’s
July 16, 2020 final rule, Update to the
Regulations Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act (85 FR
43304). Noting the scope and
complexity of the proposed action and
action alternatives, the Director of the
Office of Energy Projects, as our senior
agency official, has authorized this page
limit exceedance for the EA.
The Commission provides all
interested persons with an opportunity
to view and/or print the EA 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),
issued by the President on March 13,
2020. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202)
502–8659.
You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
eSubscription.aspx to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Any comments should be filed within
45 days from the date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings. 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,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14514-003]
Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit Corporation, DBA Elfin Cove
Utility Commission; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment
On August 24, 2020, the Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit
Corporation DBA Elfin Cove Utility Commission (Elfin Cove) filed an
application for an original minor license to construct and operate the
105-kilowatt Crooked Creek and Jim's Lake Hydroelectric Project No.
14514 (project). The proposed project would be located on Crooked Creek
and Jim's Lake near the community of Elfin Cove, in the Sitka Recording
District, Unorganized Borough, Alaska. The project would occupy 10.5
acres of federal land in the Tongass National Forest, managed by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on June 27, 2022,
Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for
environmental analysis (REA Notice). Based on the information in the
record, including comments filed on the REA Notice, staff does not
anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
Therefore, staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on
the application to license the Crooked Creek and Jim's Lake Project.
The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
The application will be processed according to the following
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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\1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the
Crooked Creek and Jim's Lake Project. Therefore, in accordance with
CEQ's regulations, the final EA must be issued within 1 year of the
issuance date of this notice.
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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues EA...................... March 2023.\1\
Comments on EA............................ April 2023.
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to John
Matkowski at (202) 502-8576 or [email protected].
Dated: September 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-21478 Filed 10-3-22; 8:45 am]
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