[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29257-29258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11459]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 553-238]


City of Seattle, Washington; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
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 the City of 
Seattle, Washington to construct a replacement fuel dock and associated 
infrastructure at Diablo Lake at the Skagit River Project No. 553. The 
Skagit River Project is located on the Skagit River in Snohomish, 
Skagit, and Whatcom counties, Washington. The project occupies occupies 
a portion of the Ross Lake National Recreation Area administered by the 
U.S. National Park Service and the Mount Baker National Forest 
administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
    An environmental assessment (EA) has been prepared as part of 
staff's review of the proposal.\1\ The EA contains Commission staff's 
analysis of the probable environmental effects of the proposed action 
and concludes that approval of the proposal, with Commission staff's 
recommended measures, would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
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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 EA may be viewed on the Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``elibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
553) in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, 
the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency 
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the 
President on March 13,

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2020. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-3372, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the issuance date 
of this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. 
Please file comments using the Commission's eFiling system 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: Kimberly D. Bose, 
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 P-553-238. 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: May 25, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-11459 Filed 5-28-21; 8:45 am]
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