[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87917-87918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29228]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1971-079]


Idaho Power Company; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on November 23, 2016, Idaho Power Company (Idaho 
Power), licensee of the Hells Canyon Project No. 1971, filed a petition 
for a declaratory order (petition) pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 
18 CFR 385.207(a)(2). Idaho Power requests that the Commission declare 
that, under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Part I of 
the Federal Power Act (FPA) \1\ preempts the fish passage provisions 
contained in Oregon Revised Statute 509.585 with respect to the Hells 
Canyon Project, all as more fully explained in its petition.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 791a-823d (2016).
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    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214. Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Petitioner.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the

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``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 30, 2016.

    Dated: November 30, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-29228 Filed 12-5-16; 8:45 am]
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