Idaho Power Company; Notice of Application For Non-Project Use of Project Land and Waters-Water Withdrawal Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests, 42868-42869 [2024-10675]

Download as PDF 42868 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 96 / Thursday, May 16, 2024 / Notices a subsequent license for the project or other disposition under the FPA, whichever comes first. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 10615–000] ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Tower Kleber Limited Partnership; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation The license for the Tower and Kleber Hydroelectric Project No. 10615 was issued for a period ending April 30, 2024. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at the expiration of a license term, to issue from year-to-year an annual license to the then licensee(s) under the terms and conditions of the prior license until a new license is issued, or the project is otherwise disposed of as provided in section 15 or any other applicable section of the FPA. If the project’s prior license waived the applicability of section 15 of the FPA, then, based on section 9(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the licensee of such project has filed an application for a subsequent license, the licensee may continue to operate the project in accordance with the terms and conditions of the license after the minor or minor part license expires, until the Commission acts on its application. If the licensee of such a project has not filed an application for a subsequent license, then it may be required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), to continue project operations until the Commission issues someone else a license for the project or otherwise orders disposition of the project. If the project is subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given that an annual license for Project No. 10615 is issued to Tower Kleber Limited Partnership for a period effective May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025, or until the issuance of a new license for the project or other disposition under the FPA, whichever comes first. If issuance of a new license (or other disposition) does not take place on or before April 30, 2025, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual license under section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is renewed automatically without further order or notice by the Commission, unless the Commission orders otherwise. If the project is not subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given that Tower Kleber Limited Partnership is authorized to continue operation of the Tower and Kleber Hydroelectric Project under the terms and conditions of the prior license until the issuance of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 May 15, 2024 Jkt 262001 Dated: May 9, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–10673 Filed 5–15–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2055–109] Idaho Power Company; Notice of Application For Non-Project Use of Project Land and Waters—Water Withdrawal Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. Application Type: Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters—Water Withdrawal. b. Project No: P–2055–109. c. Date Filed: March 18, 2024, April 23, 2024, and May 8, 2024 d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company. e. Name of Project: C.J. Strike Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The project is located on the Snake and Bruneau Rivers in Owyhee and Elmore Counties, Idaho. Part of the project occupies federal lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. h. Applicant Contact: Nathan Gardiner, (208) 388–2975, ngardiner@ idahopower.com. i. FERC Contact: Michael Calloway, (202) 502–8041, michael.calloway@ ferc.gov. j. Cooperating agencies: With this notice, the Commission is inviting federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues affected by the proposal, that wish to cooperate in the preparation of any environmental document, if applicable, to follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item k below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission’s policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of any environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). k. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests: June 10, 2024. PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, and protests 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. 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include the docket number P–2055–109. Comments emailed to Commission staff are not considered part of the Commission record. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person whose name appears 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. l. Description of Request: The licensee submitted a request on behalf of Idaho Water Resources Board to allow the use and to occupy lands and waters inside the project boundary for the purposes of constructing a pumping station and an intake pipe. The lands inside the project boundary are administered by BLM. The facility would withdraw up to 2 cubic feet per second (cfs) (1.29 million gallons per day (MGD)) in the winter season (November to mid-March) and 6 cfs (3.88 MGD) in the summer season (mid-March through October). The anticipated average annual water withdrawal volume is approximately 1,800 acre-feet/year which would provide raw water to the Mountain Home Airforce Base water treatment plant. Discharged treated wastewater from the Airforce Base would be stored in a lagoon and used to irrigate a golf course under an Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Re-use Permit. E:\FR\FM\16MYN1.SGM 16MYN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 96 / Thursday, May 16, 2024 / Notices m. Locations of the Application: 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. n. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission’s mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. o. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: 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, .214, respectively. 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. p. Filing and Service of Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in all capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (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 commenting, protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their evidentiary basis. Any filing made by an intervenor 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 385.2010. q. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 May 15, 2024 Jkt 262001 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: May 9, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–10675 Filed 5–15–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 4349–033] EONY Generation Limited; 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.: 4349–033. c. Date Filed: April 26, 2024. d. Applicant: EONY Generation Limited. e. Name of Project: Moose River Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Moose River in Lewis County, New York. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Gregory Clarke, Chief Electricity Generation Officer, EONY Generation Limited, 7659 Lyonsdale Road, Lyonsdale, NY 13368; email at GregoryClarke@ portagepower.com. i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, Project Coordinator, Great Lakes Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (202) 502–6480; email at kelly.wolcott@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). PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42869 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 serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: June 25, 2024. 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Moose River Hydroelectric Project (P–4349–033). m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. Project Description: The Moose River Project includes a dam that is comprised of: (1) a southern section that includes: (a) an earthen dike; (b) a concrete retaining wall; (c) a 39-footlong concrete intake structure with: (i) a 3-foot-wide debris sluice gate; and (ii) a 15-foot-wide sluice gate equipped with an approximately 27-foot-wide trashrack with 2-inch clear bar spacing; and (d) a concrete section with a 10foot-wide stoplog gate; and (2) a northern section that includes: (a) a south abutment; (b) a 240-foot-long spillway that has a crest elevation of 1,024.6 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) with a 58foot-long, 0.5-foot-high notch; and (c) a north abutment. The dam creates an impoundment that has a surface area of 21 acres at the spillway crest elevation of 1,024.6 feet NGVD, which is the normal maximum surface elevation of the impoundment. E:\FR\FM\16MYN1.SGM 16MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42868-42869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10675]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2055-109]


Idaho Power Company; Notice of Application For Non-Project Use of 
Project Land and Waters--Water Withdrawal Accepted for Filing, 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters--
Water Withdrawal.
    b. Project No: P-2055-109.
    c. Date Filed: March 18, 2024, April 23, 2024, and May 8, 2024
    d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: C.J. Strike Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Snake and Bruneau Rivers 
in Owyhee and Elmore Counties, Idaho. Part of the project occupies 
federal lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
    h. Applicant Contact: Nathan Gardiner, (208) 388-2975, 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Calloway, (202) 502-8041, 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: With this notice, the Commission is 
inviting federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies with jurisdiction 
and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues affected 
by the proposal, that wish to cooperate in the preparation of any 
environmental document, if applicable, to follow the instructions for 
filing such requests described in item k below. Cooperating agencies 
should note the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the 
preparation of any environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 
FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
    k. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and 
protests: June 10, 2024.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, and protests 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. 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 
page of any filing should include the docket number P-2055-109. 
Comments emailed to Commission staff are not considered part of the 
Commission record.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears 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.
    l. Description of Request: The licensee submitted a request on 
behalf of Idaho Water Resources Board to allow the use and to occupy 
lands and waters inside the project boundary for the purposes of 
constructing a pumping station and an intake pipe. The lands inside the 
project boundary are administered by BLM. The facility would withdraw 
up to 2 cubic feet per second (cfs) (1.29 million gallons per day 
(MGD)) in the winter season (November to mid-March) and 6 cfs (3.88 
MGD) in the summer season (mid-March through October). The anticipated 
average annual water withdrawal volume is approximately 1,800 acre-
feet/year which would provide raw water to the Mountain Home Airforce 
Base water treatment plant. Discharged treated wastewater from the 
Airforce Base would be stored in a lagoon and used to irrigate a golf 
course under an Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Re-use 
Permit.

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    m. Locations of the Application: 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.
    n. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    o. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: 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, 
.214, respectively. 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.
    p. Filing and Service of Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in all 
capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``PROTEST'', or ``MOTION TO 
INTERVENE'' as applicable; (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 commenting, protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their 
evidentiary basis. Any filing made by an intervenor 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 
385.2010.
    q. 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].

    Dated: May 9, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-10675 Filed 5-15-24; 8:45 am]
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