[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 190 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61745-61746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21599]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2114-303]


Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington; Notice 
of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(NEPA) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed an application submitted by Public 
Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington (licensee) to 
construct a separate embankment immediately downstream of the existing 
dam and structurally connected to the existing embankment to improve 
seismic stability. The project is located on the mid-Columbia River in 
Grant, Yakima, Kittitas, Douglas, Benton, and Chelan Counties, 
Washington. The project occupies lands managed by Bureau of Reclamation 
(Reclamation), Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Army 
(Army), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the U.S. Department 
of Energy (DOE).
    A draft environmental assessment (DEA) has been prepared as part of

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staff's review of the proposal.\1\ Grant PUD proposes to construct a 
roller-compacted concrete dam approximately 2,200-foot-long and 25-
foot-high; a secant pile cutoff wall; a new 150-foot-long and 25-foot-
high embankment; and a realigned section of an existing private 
roadway. The existing embankment would remain in place.
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    \1\ On July 16, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 
issued a final rule, Update to the Regulations Implementing the 
Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
(Final Rule, 85 FR 43,304), which was effective as of September 14, 
2020; however, the NEPA review of this project was in process at 
that time and was prepared pursuant to CEQ's 1978 NEPA regulations.
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    The DEA contains Commission staff's analysis of the probable 
environmental effects of the proposed action and concludes that 
approval of the proposal would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The DEA may also be viewed on the Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the elibrary link. Enter the docket number (P-2114) 
in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free 
at 1-866-208-3372, or for TTY, (202) 502-865.
    You may 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.
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the issuance date 
of this notice. All documents may be filed electronically via the 
internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. If 
unable to be filed electronically, documents may be paper-filed. Paper 
filings made using the U.S. Postal Service should be mailed to: The 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be 
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 
page of any filing should include docket number(s) P-2114-303. 
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.

    Dated: September 24, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-21599 Filed 9-29-20; 8:45 am]
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