[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3402-3403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00950]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2610-012]


Northern States Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With The Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 2610-012.
    c. Date Filed: December 30, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Northern States Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Saxon Falls Hydroelectric Project (Saxon Falls 
Project).
    f. Location: The Saxon Falls Project is located on the Montreal 
River in Iron County, Wisconsin and Gogebic County, Michigan.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Matt Miller, Hydro License Consultant, 
Northern States Power Company, 1414 West Hamilton Avenue, P.O. Box 8, 
Eau Claire. Wisconsin 54702-0008, (715) 737-1353 or email at 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202) 502-8379 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: February 28, 2023.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and 
docket number on the first page: Saxon Falls Hydroelectric Project (P-
2610-012).

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    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Saxon Falls Project consists of: (1) a reservoir with a 
surface area of 65.5 acres with a storage capacity of 524 acre-feet; 
(2) a 440-foot-long, 40-foot-high dam; (3) a 1,670-foot-long, 6-foot 
diameter conduit; (4) a 23.5-foot-diameter by 59.5-foot-high surge 
tank; (5) two 156-foot-long by 56-inch-diameter penstocks extending 
from the surge tank to the powerhouse; (6) a powerhouse containing two 
turbine-generator units each rated at 750 kilowatts with a combined 
plant capacity of 1.5 megawatts; (7) a 0.25-mile-long above ground 
transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    The Saxon Falls Project is operated in a run-of-river mode with an 
estimated average annual energy production of 10,015 megawatt-hours, 
based on a five-year period ending in 2021. Northern States Power 
Company proposes to continue operating the project as a run-of-river 
facility and does not propose any new construction to the project.
    o. A copy of the application can be viewed 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. 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 on March 13, 2020. For 
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also 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.
    p. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

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                  Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).......  March 2023.
Request Additional Information (if necessary)  April 2023.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments........  September 2023.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)......  December 2023.
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    q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: January 12, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-00950 Filed 1-18-23; 8:45 am]
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