[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16622-16623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05537]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 8315-017]


Eagle Creek Sartell Hydro, LLC; 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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 8315-017.
    c. Date filed: February 28, 2023.
    d. Applicant: Eagle Creek Sartell Hydro, LLC (Eagle Creek).
    e. Name of Project: Sartell Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Mississippi River in Stearns and Benton 
Counties, Minnesota. No federal lands are located within the project 
boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: David H. Fox, Senior Director, Regulatory 
Affairs, Eagle Creek Sartell Hydro, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 
1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; phone: (201) 306-5616; 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Davis at (202) 502-8339, 
[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

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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: April 29, 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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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: Sartell Hydroelectric 
Project (8315-017).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Sartell Hydroelectric Project consists of the following 
existing facilities: (1) a 46-foot-high dam with four sections; (2) a 
powerhouse containing 11 generating units; (3) a radial Tainter-type 
gate section and bascule gate section; (4) a concrete non-overflow dam 
section; (5) an overflow spillway; (6) an earthen embankment; (7) a 
step-up transformer; and (8) a 715-foot-long transmission line. The 
reservoir encompasses approximately 2,350.5 acres with a gross storage 
capacity of 15,278.3 acre-feet at the reservoir surface elevation of 
1,015 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD). The project 
has a combined total rated capacity of 8.95 megawatts.
    o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via 
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 documents (P-
8315). 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, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    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 and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--May 2023
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--May 2023
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--November 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--February 2024

    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: March 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-05537 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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