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Target date
Comments on EA ..............
Dated: March 26, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
October 2024.
Any questions regarding this notice
may be directed to Kelly Wolcott at
(202) 502–6480 or kelly.wolcott@
ferc.gov.
[FR Doc. 2024–06869 Filed 4–1–24; 8:45 am]
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Dated: March 26, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[FR Doc. 2024–06873 Filed 4–1–24; 8:45 am]
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Kaukauna Utilities; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
On July 22, 2022, Kaukana Utilities
(Kaukauna) filed a relicense application
for the 6.2-megawatt Combined Locks
Hydroelectric Project No. 2715 (project).
The project is located on the Lower Fox
River in the Village of Combined Locks
and the Village of Little Chute,
Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
In accordance with the Commission’s
regulations, on January 16, 2024,
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 relicense the 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 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 application will be processed
according to the following schedule.
Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Commission issues EA ......
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP24–60–000]
Northern Natural Gas; Notice of
Scoping Period Requesting Comments
on Environmental Issues for the
Proposed Northern Lights 2025
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental document, that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the Northern Lights 2025 Expansion
Project involving construction and
operation of facilities by Northern
Natural Gas (Northern) in Freeborn,
Houston, and Washington Counties,
Minnesota, and Monroe County,
Wisconsin. The Commission will use
this environmental document in its
decision-making process to determine
whether the project is in the public
convenience and necessity.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies regarding the
project. As part of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
review process, the Commission takes
into account concerns the public may
have about proposals and the
environmental impacts that could result
from its action whenever it considers
the issuance of a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity. This
gathering of public input is referred to
as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the
scoping process is to focus the analysis
in the environmental document on the
important environmental issues.
1 The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) (2023)
require that EAs be completed within 1 year of the
Federal action agency’s decision to prepare an EA.
See National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq., as amended by section 107(g)(1)(B)(iii)
of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law
118–5, section 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.
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Additional information about the
Commission’s NEPA process is
described below in the NEPA Process
and Environmental Document section of
this notice.
By this notice, the Commission
requests public comments on the scope
of issues to address in the
environmental document. To ensure
that your comments are timely and
properly recorded, please submit your
comments so that the Commission
receives them in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April
25, 2024. Comments may be submitted
in written form. Further details on how
to submit comments are provided in the
Public Participation section of this
notice.
Your comments should focus on the
potential environmental effects,
reasonable alternatives, and measures to
avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
Your input will help the Commission
staff determine what issues they need to
evaluate in the environmental
document. Commission staff will
consider all written comments during
the preparation of the environmental
document.
If you submitted comments on this
project to the Commission before the
opening of this docket on February 16,
2024, you will need to file those
comments in Docket No. CP24–60–000
to ensure they are considered as part of
this proceeding.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and
local government representatives should
notify their constituents of this
proposed project and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about
the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the
proposed facilities. The company would
seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
easement agreement. You are not
required to enter into an agreement.
However, if the Commission approves
the project, the Natural Gas Act conveys
the right of eminent domain to the
company. Therefore, if you and the
company do not reach an easement
agreement, the pipeline company could
initiate condemnation proceedings in
court. In such instances, compensation
would be determined by a judge in
accordance with state law. The
Commission does not subsequently
grant, exercise, or oversee the exercise
of that eminent domain authority. The
courts have exclusive authority to
handle eminent domain cases; the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2715-026]
Kaukauna Utilities; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment
On July 22, 2022, Kaukana Utilities (Kaukauna) filed a relicense
application for the 6.2-megawatt Combined Locks Hydroelectric Project
No. 2715 (project). The project is located on the Lower Fox River in
the Village of Combined Locks and the Village of Little Chute,
Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on January 16,
2024, 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 relicense the 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 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 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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Commission issues EA................... August 2024.\1\
Comments on EA......................... October 2024.
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Kelly
Wolcott at (202) 502-6480 or [email protected].
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\1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) (2023) require that EAs be completed
within 1 year of the Federal action agency's decision to prepare an
EA. See National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.,
as amended by section 107(g)(1)(B)(iii) of the Fiscal Responsibility
Act of 2023, Public Law 118-5, section 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.
Dated: March 26, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-06873 Filed 4-1-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
