Idaho Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 12675-12676 [2023-04008]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 28, 2023 / Notices time limitation should be waived and provide justification by reference to factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations. A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies (paper or electronic) of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES Comments Any person wishing to comment on the project may do so. The Commission considers all comments received about the project in determining the appropriate action to be taken. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your comments on or before March 15, 2023. The filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. To become a party, you must intervene in the proceeding. How To File Protests, Interventions, and Comments There are two ways to submit protests, motions to intervene, and comments. In both instances, please reference the Project docket number CP23–59–000 in your submission: (1) You may file your protest, motion to intervene, and comments by using the Commission’s eFiling feature, which is located on the Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making; first select ‘‘General’’ and then select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 7 (2) You can file a paper copy of your submission by mailing it to the address below. Your submission must reference the Project docket number CP23–59– 000. To mail via USPS, use the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. To mail via any other courier, use the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The Commission encourages electronic filing of submissions (option 1 above) and has eFiling staff available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Protests and motions to intervene must be served on the applicant either by mail at: Francisco Tarin, Director, Regulatory, Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. and Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C, P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944; or by email (with a link to the document) at CIGregulatoryaffairs@ kindermorgan.com; or David Cain, Assistant General Counsel, Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. and Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C., P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, or email (with a link to the document) at: David_Cain@ kindermorgan.com. Any subsequent submissions by an intervenor must be served on the applicant and all other parties to the proceeding. Contact information for parties can be downloaded from the service list at the eService link on FERC Online. Tracking the Proceeding Throughout the proceeding, additional information about the project will be available from the Commission’s Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– FERC, or on the FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link as described above. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. For more information and to register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp. Dated: February 22, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–04066 Filed 2–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 7 Additionally, you may file your comments electronically by using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commission’s website at www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. Using eComment is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:37 Feb 27, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12675 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2736–046] Idaho Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 2736–046. c. Date filed: February 14, 2023. d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power). e. Name of Project: American Falls Hydroelectric Project (project). f. Location: On the Snake River, in Power County, Idaho, near the City of American Falls, Idaho. The project occupies 7.37 acres of United States lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: David Zayas, Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70 (83707), 1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID 83702; (208) 388–2915; email at dzayas@idahopower.com. i. FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair at (202) 502–6587, or kristen.sinclair@ ferc.gov. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission’s policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of filing of the application, and E:\FR\FM\28FEN1.SGM 28FEN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES 12676 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 28, 2023 / Notices serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: April 15, 2023. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: American Falls Hydroelectric Project (P–2736–046). m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. Project Description: The existing American Falls Hydroelectric Project is located at Reclamation’s American Falls Dam and consists of: (1) three 18-footdiameter, 240-foot-long, steel-lined penstocks, that connect upstream with similar U.S. Bureau of Reclamation penstocks and the intake works; (2) a reinforced concrete powerhouse containing three 22.5 MW turbines for total installed capacity of 67.5 MW; (3) a 2,300-foot-long, 138-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission line extending from the powerhouse downstream along the west bank of the Snake River, and across the river to the American Falls Switchyard; (4) a tailrace; (5) recreation facilities; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The project generates an annual average of 395,000 megawatt-hours. Idaho Power is not proposing any changes to the current operations of the Project, as Project operations are completely dependent on Reclamation’s operation of the dam and available flows. Reclamation owns and operates the dam and is responsible for irrigation delivery, controlling flows, ramping rates, reservoir operations, and flood control operations, among others. As part of the license application, Idaho Power filed a settlement agreement between itself and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) that resolves issues related to project effects of turbine mortality on trout. As VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:37 Feb 27, 2023 Jkt 259001 part of the settlement agreement, Idaho Power proposes to increase the poundage of hatchery-reared trout to be stocked by Idaho Power annually from 8,000-pounds to 24,000-pounds, with the size (fish per pound), time of stocking, and location determined by IDFG in consultation with Idaho Power. Before release, IDFG will certify the general health and condition of the fish. o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) 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 documents (P–2736). 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 8659 (TTY). You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary): March 2023. Request Additional Information (if needed): March 2023. Issue Notice of Acceptance: June 2023. Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: July 2023. Request Additional Information (if necessary): September 2023. Issue Scoping Document 2: October 2023. Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis: October 2023. q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: February 21, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–04008 Filed 2–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. ER02–2001–020, ER13–2230– 001, ER16–722–000, ER21–2089–000, ER12– 2402–000, ER12–2403–000, ER12–2400–000] Electric Quarterly Reports; Premier Empire Energy, LLC; Current Power & Gas Inc.; Elephant Energy, LLC; Liberty Power Maryland LLC; Liberty Power Holdings LLC; Liberty Power District of Columbia LLC; Order on Intent To Revoke Market-Based Rate Authority Before Commissioners: Willie L. Phillips, Acting Chairman; James P. Danly, Allison Clements, and Mark C. Christie. 1. Section 205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824d, and 18 CFR part 35 (2021), require, among other things, that all rates, terms, and conditions for jurisdictional services be filed with the Commission. In Order No. 2001, the Commission revised its public utility filing requirements and established a requirement for public utilities, including power marketers, to file Electric Quarterly Reports.1 2. The Commission requires sellers with market-based rate authorization to file Electric Quarterly Reports summarizing contractual and transaction information related to their market-based power sales as a condition for retaining that authorization.2 1 Revised Pub. Util. Filing Requirements, Order No. 2001, 99 FERC ¶ 61,107, reh’g denied, Order No. 2001–A, 100 FERC ¶ 61,074, reh’g denied, Order No. 2001–B, 100 FERC ¶ 61,342, order directing filing, Order No. 2001–C, 101 FERC ¶ 61,314 (2002), order directing filing, Order No. 2001–D, 102 FERC ¶ 61,334, order refining filing requirements, Order No. 2001–E, 105 FERC ¶ 61,352 (2003), order on clarification, Order No. 2001–F, 106 FERC ¶ 61,060 (2004), order revising filing requirements, Order No. 2001–G, 120 FERC ¶ 61,270, order on reh’g and clarification, Order No. 2001–H, 121 FERC ¶ 61,289 (2007), order revising filing requirements, Order No. 2001–I, 125 FERC ¶ 61,003 ¶ 31,282 (2008). See also Filing Requirements for Elec. Util. Serv. Agreements, 155 FERC ¶ 61,280, order on reh’g and clarification, 157 FERC ¶ 61,180 (2016) (clarifying Electric Quarterly Reports reporting requirements and updating Data Dictionary). 2 See Refinements to Policies & Procs. for Mkt.Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Elec. Energy, Capacity & Ancillary Servs. by Pub. Utils., Order No. 816, 153 FERC ¶ 61,065, at P 353 (2015), order on reh’g, Order No. 816–A, 155 FERC ¶ 61,188 (2016); Mkt.-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Elec. Energy, Capacity & Ancillary Servs. by Pub. E:\FR\FM\28FEN1.SGM 28FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12675-12676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04008]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2736-046]


Idaho Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2736-046.
    c. Date filed: February 14, 2023.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power).
    e. Name of Project: American Falls Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Snake River, in Power County, Idaho, near the 
City of American Falls, Idaho. The project occupies 7.37 acres of 
United States lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and 
Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: David Zayas, Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70 
(83707), 1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID 83702; (208) 388-2915; email 
at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair at (202) 502-6587, or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and

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serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: April 15, 2023.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and 
docket number on the first page: American Falls Hydroelectric Project 
(P-2736-046).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing American Falls Hydroelectric 
Project is located at Reclamation's American Falls Dam and consists of: 
(1) three 18-foot-diameter, 240-foot-long, steel-lined penstocks, that 
connect upstream with similar U.S. Bureau of Reclamation penstocks and 
the intake works; (2) a reinforced concrete powerhouse containing three 
22.5 MW turbines for total installed capacity of 67.5 MW; (3) a 2,300-
foot-long, 138-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission line extending from 
the powerhouse downstream along the west bank of the Snake River, and 
across the river to the American Falls Switchyard; (4) a tailrace; (5) 
recreation facilities; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The project 
generates an annual average of 395,000 megawatt-hours.
    Idaho Power is not proposing any changes to the current operations 
of the Project, as Project operations are completely dependent on 
Reclamation's operation of the dam and available flows. Reclamation 
owns and operates the dam and is responsible for irrigation delivery, 
controlling flows, ramping rates, reservoir operations, and flood 
control operations, among others.
    As part of the license application, Idaho Power filed a settlement 
agreement between itself and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game 
(IDFG) that resolves issues related to project effects of turbine 
mortality on trout. As part of the settlement agreement, Idaho Power 
proposes to increase the poundage of hatchery-reared trout to be 
stocked by Idaho Power annually from 8,000-pounds to 24,000-pounds, 
with the size (fish per pound), time of stocking, and location 
determined by IDFG in consultation with Idaho Power. Before release, 
IDFG will certify the general health and condition of the fish.
    o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) 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 documents (P-
2736). 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 
at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
(202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.
    Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary): March 2023.
    Request Additional Information (if needed): March 2023.
    Issue Notice of Acceptance: June 2023.
    Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: July 2023.
    Request Additional Information (if necessary): September 2023.
    Issue Scoping Document 2: October 2023.
    Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis: October 2023.
    q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: February 21, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04008 Filed 2-27-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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