[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2128-2129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00345]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1971-079]


Idaho Power Company; Notice of Offer of Settlement

    Take notice that the following offer of settlement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Offer of Settlement.
    b. Project No.: 1971-079.
    c. Date Filed: December 30, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Hells Canyon Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: On the Snake River in Washington and Adams, Counties, 
Idaho; and Wallowa and Baker Counties, Oregon. The project occupies 
federal lands administered by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management (Payette and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests and Hells 
Canyon National Recreational Area).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Brett Dumas Director, Environmental Affairs, 
Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70, Boise, Idaho 83707.
    i. FERC Contact: Alan Mitchnick, (202) 502-6074, 
[email protected].
    j. Idaho Power Company filed an Offer of Settlement on behalf of 
itself and signatories of a Stipulation and Implementation Agreement 
(SIA) between Idaho Power; the State of Oregon, by and through the 
Office of the Governor, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 
and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; and the State of Idaho, by 
and through the Office of the Governor, the Idaho Department of 
Environmental Quality, and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game 
(Parties). The SIA, which became effective on April 22, 2019, resolves, 
among other disagreements among the Parties, the disagreement between 
the States related to spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead fish 
passage and reintroduction within the context of the Clean Water Act 
section 401 certifications.
    Idaho Power, on behalf of the Parties to the SIA, requests that the 
Commission issue a new license for the project that incorporates the 
proposed license articles set forth in Appendix A of the Offer of 
Settlement Explanatory Statement, without material modification. The 
conditions involve upstream adult fish collection at Hells Canyon Dam; 
Pine Creek placement, monitoring, and juvenile collection program; and 
mid-license term fish placement evaluation report and recommendation.
    k. A copy of the Offer of Settlement is available for review on the 
Commission's website at http://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. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support.
    l. Deadline for filing comments: Comments on the Offer of 
Settlement

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are due February 6, 2020. Reply comments are due February 26, 2020.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your 
name and contact information at the end of your comments. 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, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-1971-079.
    Register online at http://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, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: January 7, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-00345 Filed 1-13-20; 8:45 am]
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