Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Revising the Processing Schedule, 83474 [2024-23848]
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Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intent
To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment and Revising the
Processing Schedule
On February 14, 2023, Idaho Power
Company filed an application for a new
major license for the 67.5-megawatt
American Falls Hydroelectric Project
(American Falls Project; FERC No.
2736). The American Falls project is
located on the Snake River in Power
County, Idaho, near the city of
American Falls, about 25 miles
southwest of Pocatello. The project is
located at the American Falls Dam,
owned and operated by the United
States Bureau of Reclamation. The
project occupies 7.37 acres of United
States land administered by the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation in Power
County, Idaho.
In accordance with the Commission’s
regulations, on February 7, 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 and
the water quality certification issued by
Idaho DEQ, staff does not anticipate that
licensing the project would constitute a
major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment. On April 22, 2024, the
Commission issued a notice indicating
that staff intended to prepare a draft and
final Environmental Assessment (EA).
However, upon further review, staff
intends to prepare a single EA on the
application to relicense the American
Falls 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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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.
By this notice, Commission staff is
updating the procedural schedule for
completing the EA. The revised
schedule is shown below. Further
revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Commission issues EA ......
Comments on EA ..............
January 2025.1
February 2025.
Any questions regarding this notice
may be directed to Golbahar
Mirhosseini at golbahar.mirhosseini@
ferc.gov.
Dated: October 9, 2024.
Debbie-Anne Reese,
Secretary.
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SUMMARY:
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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, 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2736-046]
Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment and Revising the Processing Schedule
On February 14, 2023, Idaho Power Company filed an application for
a new major license for the 67.5-megawatt American Falls Hydroelectric
Project (American Falls Project; FERC No. 2736). The American Falls
project is located on the Snake River in Power County, Idaho, near the
city of American Falls, about 25 miles southwest of Pocatello. The
project is located at the American Falls Dam, owned and operated by the
United States Bureau of Reclamation. The project occupies 7.37 acres of
United States land administered by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in
Power County, Idaho.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on February 7,
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 and the water
quality certification issued by Idaho DEQ, staff does not anticipate
that licensing the project would constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. On April
22, 2024, the Commission issued a notice indicating that staff intended
to prepare a draft and final Environmental Assessment (EA). However,
upon further review, staff intends to prepare a single EA on the
application to relicense the American Falls 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].
By this notice, Commission staff is updating the procedural
schedule for completing the EA. The revised schedule is shown below.
Further 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) (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, 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.
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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues EA................... January 2025.\1\
Comments on EA......................... February 2025.
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Golbahar
Mirhosseini at [email protected].
Dated: October 9, 2024.
Debbie-Anne Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-23848 Filed 10-15-24; 8:45 am]
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