[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 4175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01320]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2570-034]


Eagle Creek Racine Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment

    On November 30, 2021, Eagle Creek Racine Hydro, LLC filed a 
relicense application for the 47.5-megawatt Racine Hydroelectric 
Project No. 2570 (Racine Project). The Racine Project is located at the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Racine Locks and Dam on the Ohio 
River near the Town of Racine in Meigs County, Ohio. The project 
occupies 27.99 acres of federal land administered by the Corps.
    In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on November 1, 
2022, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for 
environmental analysis (REA Notice). Based on the information in the 
record, including comments filed on the REA Notice, staff does not 
anticipate that relicensing the project would constitute a major 
federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment. Therefore, staff intends to prepare an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) on the application to relicense the project.
    The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested 
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and 
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
    The application will be processed according to the following 
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues EA....................  July 2023.\1\
Comments on EA..........................  August 2023.
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\1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations under 40
  CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1 year of the
  federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This notice
  establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the Racine
  Hydroelectric Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's
  regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance date
  of this notice.

    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Jay Summers 
at (202) 502-8764 or [email protected].

    Dated: January 18, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01320 Filed 1-23-23; 8:45 am]
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