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Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 7/10/23.
Docket Numbers: RP23–847–000.
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Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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Any person desiring to intervene or to
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in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
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and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is July 17,
2023.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
may mail similar pleadings to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be
delivered to Health and Human
Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
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Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document 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 the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: June 27, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–14051 Filed 6–30–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2333–094]
Rumford Falls Hydro LLC; Notice of
Application Accepted for Filing,
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and
Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary
Fishway Prescriptions
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.: 2333–094.
c. Date filed: September 29, 2022.
Supplemented on March 30 and June 9,
2023.
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d. Applicant: Rumford Falls Hydro
LLC.
e. Name of Project: Rumford Falls
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Androscoggin
River in the Town of Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Luke
Anderson, Rumford Falls Hydro LLC,
Brookfield Renewable, 150 Main St.,
Lewiston, Maine 04240, (207) 755–5613,
luke.anderson@
brookfieldrenewable.com.
i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202)
502–8074 or email at ryan.hansen@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance
date of this notice; reply comments are
due 105 days from the issuance date of
this notice.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene, protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. 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,
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions
sent via any other carrier must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
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Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings
must clearly identify the project name
and docket number on the first page:
Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project (P–
2333–094).
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted
for filing and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
The Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on
April 20, 2022, revising the regulations
under 40 CFR parts 1502, 1507, and
1508 that Federal agencies use to
implement the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) (see National
Environmental Policy Act Implementing
Regulations Revisions, 87 FR 23453–70).
The final rule became effective on May
20, 2022. Commission staff intends to
conduct its NEPA review in accordance
with CEQ’s new regulations.
l. The existing Rumford Falls Project
consists of two developments, the
Upper Station and Lower Station. The
Upper Station Development consists of
the following existing facilities: (1) a
concrete gravity dam with a 464-footlong, 37-foot-high ogee type spillway
section with 32-inch-high, pinsupported wooden flashboards; (2) a
reservoir with a storage capacity of
2,900 acre-feet and a surface area of
approximately 419 acres at a maximum
headwater elevation of 601.24 feet; 1 (3)
a 2,300-foot-long, 150-foot-wide forebay;
(4) a gatehouse containing two
headgates for each of the four penstocks
for a total of eight headgates with
trashracks; (5) four 110-foot-long
underground steel-plate penstocks,
three of which are 12 feet in diameter,
and one of which is 13 feet in diameter;
(6) a masonry powerhouse integral with
the dam that is composed of two
adjoining stations (a) a 30-foot-wide,
110-foot-long, 92-foot-high Old Station,
containing one horizontal generating
unit with a capacity of 4,300 kilowatts
(kW), and (b) a 60-foot-wide, 140-footlong, 76-foot-high New Station
containing three vertical generating
units, two with a capacity of 8,100 kW
each, and one with a capacity of 8,800
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kW; (7) four 11.5-kilovolt (kV) overhead
transmission lines, two of which are deenergized, and the other two are: a
4,500-foot-long line 2 and a 4,200-footlong line 3; and (8) appurtenant
facilities.
The Lower Station Development
consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a rock-filled, wooden
cribbed and concrete-capped Middle
Dam, with a 328.6-foot-long, 20-foothigh gravity spillway section with a
crest elevation of 502.74 feet with 16inch-high, pin-supported, wooden
flashboards; (2) a reservoir with storage
capacity of 141 acre-feet and a surface
area of 21 acres at a normal maximum
headwater elevation of 502.7 feet; (3) a
120-foot-long concrete headgate
structure located adjacent to the dam
with ten steel headgates and a waste
weir section perpendicular to the
headgate structure with a crest elevation
of 502.6 feet and 10-inch-high
flashboards regulating flow to the
Middle Canal; (4) a 2,400-foot-long
Middle Canal with a width ranging from
75 to 175 feet and a depth from 8 to 11
feet; (5) a gatehouse containing two
headgates, trashracks, and other
appurtenant equipment regulating flow
from the canal into two penstocks; (6)
two 815-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter,
steel-plate penstocks conveying flow
from the gatehouse to two surge tanks;
(7) two 36-foot-diameter, 50.5-foot-high
cylindrical surge tanks; (8) two 77-footlong, 12-foot-diameter steel penstocks
conveying flow from the surge tanks to
the powerhouse; (9) a masonry
powerhouse containing two identical
vertical units, each with a 7,600-kW
capacity; (10) two 600-foot-long, 11.5-kV
parallel generator leads; and (11)
appurtenant facilities.
Rumford Falls Hydro LLC operates
the project in a run-of-river mode and
does not propose any changes to project
facilities or operation. The project
would continue to generate an estimated
average of 270,800 megawatt-hours
annually.
m. This filing may be viewed on the
Commission’s website at 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. 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,
call 1–866–208–3676 or email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY,
call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may
obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant.
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n. Anyone may submit comments, a
protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.210, .211, and .214. In determining
the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION
TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’
‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’
‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY
FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set
forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and the project number of the
application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
and telephone number of the person
protesting or intervening; and (4)
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
All comments, recommendations, terms
and conditions or prescriptions must set
forth their evidentiary basis and
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from
the applicant. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular
application. A copy of all other filings
in reference to this application must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
o. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to
the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Filing of Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
Filing of Reply Comments .............................................................................................................................................
p. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
q. The applicant must file no later
than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality
certification. Please note that the
certification request must comply with
40 CFR 121.5(b), including
documentation that a pre-filing meeting
request was submitted to the certifying
authority at least 30 days prior to
submitting the certification request.
Please also note that the certification
request must be sent to the certifying
authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
Dated: June 26, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
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[Docket No. ER23–2236–000]
Chisholm Trail Solar Energy LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
Chisholm Trail Solar Energy LLC’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is July 17,
2023.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
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October 9, 2023.
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
may mail similar pleadings to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be
delivered to Health and Human
Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document 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 the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2333-094]
Rumford Falls Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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.: 2333-094.
c. Date filed: September 29, 2022. Supplemented on March 30 and
June 9, 2023.
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d. Applicant: Rumford Falls Hydro LLC.
e. Name of Project: Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in the Town of Rumford,
Oxford County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Luke Anderson, Rumford Falls Hydro LLC,
Brookfield Renewable, 150 Main St., Lewiston, Maine 04240, (207) 755-
5613, [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice; reply
comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary
terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions using the
Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. 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, 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: Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project (P-2333-
094).
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on
April 20, 2022, revising the regulations under 40 CFR parts 1502, 1507,
and 1508 that Federal agencies use to implement the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (see National Environmental Policy Act
Implementing Regulations Revisions, 87 FR 23453-70). The final rule
became effective on May 20, 2022. Commission staff intends to conduct
its NEPA review in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
l. The existing Rumford Falls Project consists of two developments,
the Upper Station and Lower Station. The Upper Station Development
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a concrete gravity
dam with a 464-foot-long, 37-foot-high ogee type spillway section with
32-inch-high, pin-supported wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with a
storage capacity of 2,900 acre-feet and a surface area of approximately
419 acres at a maximum headwater elevation of 601.24 feet; \1\ (3) a
2,300-foot-long, 150-foot-wide forebay; (4) a gatehouse containing two
headgates for each of the four penstocks for a total of eight headgates
with trashracks; (5) four 110-foot-long underground steel-plate
penstocks, three of which are 12 feet in diameter, and one of which is
13 feet in diameter; (6) a masonry powerhouse integral with the dam
that is composed of two adjoining stations (a) a 30-foot-wide, 110-
foot-long, 92-foot-high Old Station, containing one horizontal
generating unit with a capacity of 4,300 kilowatts (kW), and (b) a 60-
foot-wide, 140-foot-long, 76-foot-high New Station containing three
vertical generating units, two with a capacity of 8,100 kW each, and
one with a capacity of 8,800 kW; (7) four 11.5-kilovolt (kV) overhead
transmission lines, two of which are de-energized, and the other two
are: a 4,500-foot-long line 2 and a 4,200-foot-long line 3; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
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The Lower Station Development consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a rock-filled, wooden cribbed and concrete-capped
Middle Dam, with a 328.6-foot-long, 20-foot-high gravity spillway
section with a crest elevation of 502.74 feet with 16-inch-high, pin-
supported, wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with storage capacity of
141 acre-feet and a surface area of 21 acres at a normal maximum
headwater elevation of 502.7 feet; (3) a 120-foot-long concrete
headgate structure located adjacent to the dam with ten steel headgates
and a waste weir section perpendicular to the headgate structure with a
crest elevation of 502.6 feet and 10-inch-high flashboards regulating
flow to the Middle Canal; (4) a 2,400-foot-long Middle Canal with a
width ranging from 75 to 175 feet and a depth from 8 to 11 feet; (5) a
gatehouse containing two headgates, trashracks, and other appurtenant
equipment regulating flow from the canal into two penstocks; (6) two
815-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter, steel-plate penstocks conveying flow
from the gatehouse to two surge tanks; (7) two 36-foot-diameter, 50.5-
foot-high cylindrical surge tanks; (8) two 77-foot-long, 12-foot-
diameter steel penstocks conveying flow from the surge tanks to the
powerhouse; (9) a masonry powerhouse containing two identical vertical
units, each with a 7,600-kW capacity; (10) two 600-foot-long, 11.5-kV
parallel generator leads; and (11) appurtenant facilities.
Rumford Falls Hydro LLC operates the project in a run-of-river mode
and does not propose any changes to project facilities or operation.
The project would continue to generate an estimated average of 270,800
megawatt-hours annually.
m. This filing may be viewed on the Commission's website at 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. 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,
call 1-866-208-3676 or email [email protected], for TTY, call
(202) 502-8659. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant.
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n. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
o. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary August 25, 2023.
Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway
Prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments........................ October 9, 2023.
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p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
q. The applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date
of issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. Please note
that the certification request must comply with 40 CFR 121.5(b),
including documentation that a pre-filing meeting request was submitted
to the certifying authority at least 30 days prior to submitting the
certification request. Please also note that the certification request
must be sent to the certifying authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
Dated: June 26, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-13995 Filed 6-30-23; 8:45 am]
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