[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02334]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2035-099]


 City and County of Denver, Colorado; Notice of Availability of 
Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission or FERC) 
regulations, 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 380, Commission 
staff prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment 
(Supplemental EA), to supplement a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 
(Corps) Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) completed on 
April 25, 2014. The Corps' Final EIS addressed a proposal by the City 
and County of Denver, Colorado (Denver Water) to enlarge its Moffat 
Collection System. The Commission acted as a cooperating agency in the 
preparation of the Final EIS because Gross Reservoir, a component of 
the Moffat Collection System which would be enlarged under the 
proposal, is also a feature of the Commission-licensed Gross Reservoir 
Hydroelectric Project No. 2035. On November 25, 2016, Denver Water 
filed with the Commission its application to raise the project's Gross 
Dam, enlarge Gross Reservoir, and amend the project license. The 
project is located on South Boulder Creek near the City of Boulder, 
Boulder County, Colorado. It occupies a total of 1,056.92 acres of 
federal lands within the Roosevelt National Forest administered by the 
U.S. Forest Service, and lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land 
Management.
    The Final Supplemental EA analyzes potential environmental effects 
specific to a Commission approval of Denver Water's proposal, including 
amendment of the project license, which were not addressed in the 2014 
Final EIS. Based on staff's independent analysis in the Supplemental 
EA, Commission approval of Denver Water's proposal, as mitigated by the 
environmental measures discussed in the Final Supplemental EA, would 
not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the Final Supplemental EA is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp 
using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last 
three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] 
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 202-502-8659.
    For further information, contact Rebecca Martin by telephone at 
202-502-6012 or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: February 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02334 Filed 2-13-19; 8:45 am]
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