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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 15055–001]
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Northern States Power Company;
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: Original Major
License.
b. Project No.: 15055–001.
c. Date Filed: August 18, 2023.
d. Applicant: Northern States Power
Company (Northern States).
e. Name of Project: Gile Flowage
Storage Reservoir Project (project).
f. Location: On the West Fork of the
Montreal River in Iron County,
Wisconsin.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew
Miller, Environmental Analyst, 1414 W
Hamilton Avenue, P.O. Box 8, Eau
Claire, WI 54702; telephone at (715)
737–1353; email at matthew.j.miller@
xcelenergy.com.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema,
Project Coordinator, Great Lakes Branch,
Division of Hydropower Licensing;
telephone at (312) 596–4447; email at
nicholas.ettema@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway 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 strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.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
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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: Gile Flowage Storage Reservoir
Project (P–15055–001).
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.
l. Project Description: The proposed
project includes an existing 902.6-footlong, 32.5-foot-high dam that includes:
(1) a 300-foot-long west earthen
embankment with a crest elevation of
1495.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (2) a 27.6foot-long concrete section that includes:
(a) a 6-foot-long sluice gate with a
trashrack with 2.625-inch clear bar
spacing; and (b) a 16-foot-long Tainter
gate; and (3) a 575-foot-long east earthen
embankment with a crest elevation of
1495.0 feet NGVD 29. The dam creates
a reservoir that has a surface area of
3,325 acres at a normal maximum
surface elevation of 1,490 feet NGVD 29,
and a usable storage capacity of 32,713
acre-feet between 1,475 feet and 1,490
feet NGVD 29. A 27.5-foot-long, 11.8foot-wide brick gatehouse is located on
top of the dam.
From the reservoir, water flows
through the sluice gate to a 35-foot-long
concrete conduit, and through the
Tainter gate to a 16-foot-long Ogee
spillway. From the conduit and
spillway, water flows to an
approximately 53-foot-long concrete
apron that discharges to the West Fork
of the Montreal River. The project does
not contain any generating facilities.
The proposed project includes the
following existing recreation facilities:
(1) a hand-carry boat take-out site on the
shoreline of the reservoir, at the east
earthen embankment; (2) an
approximately 100-foot-long hand-carry
boat portage route; and (3) a hand carry
boat put-in site located on the east shore
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of the West Fork of the Montreal River,
immediately downstream of the project
dam.
The proposed project boundary
encompasses approximately 3,457.5
acres, including the reservoir, islands in
the reservoir owned by Northern States,
and land associated with project
facilities.
Northern States proposes to: (1)
continue to operate the reservoir as a
water storage facility where water is
stored and used to augment flow for
hydroelectric generation at the
downstream Saxon Falls Hydroelectric
Project No. 2610 (Saxon Project) and
Superior Falls Hydroelectric Project No.
2587 (Superior Project); (2) continue to
maintain the reservoir levels between
1,475 feet and 1,490 feet NGVD 29; (3)
continue to release a minimum flow of
10 cubic feet per second (cfs) through
the sluice gate to the West Fork of the
Montreal River downstream of the dam;
(4) continue to limit the reservoir
drawdown rate to no more than 0.2 foot
per day; (5) develop an operation
compliance monitoring plan; (6)
develop an invasive species plan and
conduct biennial invasive species
surveys; (7) conduct shoreline erosion
surveys every five years of all shorelines
in the project boundary, including the
tailrace, and file a report with
recommendations for actions on any
erosion in the project boundary; (8)
develop a historic properties
management plan to protect historic
properties; (9) develop an operation
compliance monitoring plan; (10)
publish flow releases and reservoir
storage elevation data on the internet;
(11) develop a land management plan to
for recreation use, signage, maintenance,
and trash removal on islands owned by
Northern States in the reservoir; (12)
develop a whitewater recreation plan
that includes provisions for whitewater
flow releases of 1,200 cfs in the morning
on two days each year; (13) maintain
existing recreation facilities as project
facilities, and update directional and
safety signage; (14) implement the
Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources’ (Wisconsin DNR) Broad
Incidental Take Permit for Wisconsin
Cave Bats during routine recreation site
maintenance; (15) implement the
current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
guidance for northern long-eared bat
when removing trees greater than 3
inches in diameter; (16) protect wood
turtles by implementing the Wisconsin
DNR’s Broad Incidental Take Permit for
Wood Turtles, including but not limited
to restrictions on herbicide use.
m. A copy of the application can be
viewed on the Commission’s website at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
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‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document (i.e., P–15055). For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
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 of the
person submitting the filing; 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 on the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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.
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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.
o. 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.
p. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Filing of Comments, Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments ..........
December 2024.
January 2025.
q. Any qualified applicant desiring to
file a competing application must
submit to the Commission, on or before
the specified intervention deadline date,
a competing development application,
or a notice of intent to file such an
application. Submission of a timely
notice of intent allows an interested
person to file the competing
development application no later than
120 days after the specified intervention
deadline date. Applications for
preliminary permits will not be
accepted in response to this notice.
A notice of intent must specify the
exact name, business address, and
telephone number of the prospective
applicant, and must include an
unequivocal statement of intent to
submit a development application. A
notice of intent must be served on the
applicant(s) named in this public notice.
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,
Washington, DC 20573. Comments will
be most helpful to the Commission if
received within 12 days of the date this
notice appears in the Federal Register,
and the Commission requests that
comments be submitted within 7 days
on agreements that request expedited
review. Copies of agreement are
available through the Commission’s
website (www.fmc.gov) or by contacting
the Office of Agreements at (202) 523–
5793 or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov.
Agreement No.: 201157–009.
Agreement Name: USMX–ILA Master
Contract Memorandum of Settlement.
Parties: International Longshoremen’s
Association, AFL–CIO and United
States Maritime Alliance, Ltd.
Filing Party: Jim Campbell, The
Lambos Firm LLP.
Synopsis: The Amendment extends
the term of the 2018–2024 USMX–ILA
Master Contract from October 1, 2023,
through and including January 15, 2025.
Proposed Effective Date: 10/8/2024.
Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/
FMC.Agreements.Web/Public/
AgreementHistory/8153.
Dated: October 11, 2024.
Alanna Beck,
Federal Register Alternate Liaison Officer.
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Dated: October 10, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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In notice document 2024–22635
beginning on page 80242 in the issue of
Wednesday, October 2, 2024, make the
following correction:
On page 80242, in the third column,
in the 23rd and 24th lines, ‘‘[insert date
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Interested parties may submit
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15055-001]
Northern States Power Company; 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: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: 15055-001.
c. Date Filed: August 18, 2023.
d. Applicant: Northern States Power Company (Northern States).
e. Name of Project: Gile Flowage Storage Reservoir Project
(project).
f. Location: On the West Fork of the Montreal River in Iron County,
Wisconsin.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Miller, Environmental Analyst,
1414 W Hamilton Avenue, P.O. Box 8, Eau Claire, WI 54702; telephone at
(715) 737-1353; email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, Project Coordinator, Great Lakes
Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (312) 596-4447;
email at [email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway 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 strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.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: 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: Gile Flowage Storage Reservoir Project (P-
15055-001).
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.
l. Project Description: The proposed project includes an existing
902.6-foot-long, 32.5-foot-high dam that includes: (1) a 300-foot-long
west earthen embankment with a crest elevation of 1495.0 feet National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (2) a 27.6-foot-long
concrete section that includes: (a) a 6-foot-long sluice gate with a
trashrack with 2.625-inch clear bar spacing; and (b) a 16-foot-long
Tainter gate; and (3) a 575-foot-long east earthen embankment with a
crest elevation of 1495.0 feet NGVD 29. The dam creates a reservoir
that has a surface area of 3,325 acres at a normal maximum surface
elevation of 1,490 feet NGVD 29, and a usable storage capacity of
32,713 acre-feet between 1,475 feet and 1,490 feet NGVD 29. A 27.5-
foot-long, 11.8-foot-wide brick gatehouse is located on top of the dam.
From the reservoir, water flows through the sluice gate to a 35-
foot-long concrete conduit, and through the Tainter gate to a 16-foot-
long Ogee spillway. From the conduit and spillway, water flows to an
approximately 53-foot-long concrete apron that discharges to the West
Fork of the Montreal River. The project does not contain any generating
facilities.
The proposed project includes the following existing recreation
facilities: (1) a hand-carry boat take-out site on the shoreline of the
reservoir, at the east earthen embankment; (2) an approximately 100-
foot-long hand-carry boat portage route; and (3) a hand carry boat put-
in site located on the east shore of the West Fork of the Montreal
River, immediately downstream of the project dam.
The proposed project boundary encompasses approximately 3,457.5
acres, including the reservoir, islands in the reservoir owned by
Northern States, and land associated with project facilities.
Northern States proposes to: (1) continue to operate the reservoir
as a water storage facility where water is stored and used to augment
flow for hydroelectric generation at the downstream Saxon Falls
Hydroelectric Project No. 2610 (Saxon Project) and Superior Falls
Hydroelectric Project No. 2587 (Superior Project); (2) continue to
maintain the reservoir levels between 1,475 feet and 1,490 feet NGVD
29; (3) continue to release a minimum flow of 10 cubic feet per second
(cfs) through the sluice gate to the West Fork of the Montreal River
downstream of the dam; (4) continue to limit the reservoir drawdown
rate to no more than 0.2 foot per day; (5) develop an operation
compliance monitoring plan; (6) develop an invasive species plan and
conduct biennial invasive species surveys; (7) conduct shoreline
erosion surveys every five years of all shorelines in the project
boundary, including the tailrace, and file a report with
recommendations for actions on any erosion in the project boundary; (8)
develop a historic properties management plan to protect historic
properties; (9) develop an operation compliance monitoring plan; (10)
publish flow releases and reservoir storage elevation data on the
internet; (11) develop a land management plan to for recreation use,
signage, maintenance, and trash removal on islands owned by Northern
States in the reservoir; (12) develop a whitewater recreation plan that
includes provisions for whitewater flow releases of 1,200 cfs in the
morning on two days each year; (13) maintain existing recreation
facilities as project facilities, and update directional and safety
signage; (14) implement the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources'
(Wisconsin DNR) Broad Incidental Take Permit for Wisconsin Cave Bats
during routine recreation site maintenance; (15) implement the current
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's guidance for northern long-eared bat
when removing trees greater than 3 inches in diameter; (16) protect
wood turtles by implementing the Wisconsin DNR's Broad Incidental Take
Permit for Wood Turtles, including but not limited to restrictions on
herbicide use.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at https://www.ferc.gov using the
[[Page 83684]]
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document (i.e., P-
15055). For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
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 of the person
submitting the filing; 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 on the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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].
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.
o. 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.
p. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of Comments, Recommendations, December 2024.
Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments................ January 2025.
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q. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be
accepted in response to this notice.
A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address,
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this
public notice.
Dated: October 10, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
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