[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 37060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12080]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15282-000]


White Rapids, LLC; Notice of Effectiveness of Withdrawal of 
Preliminary Permit Application

    On July 6, 2022, White Rapids LLC (White Rapids) filed a 
preliminary permit application pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Slater 
Hydroelectric Project No. 15282 (Slater Project). On May 16, 2023, 
White Rapids filed a notice of withdrawal of its application.
    No motion in opposition to the notice of withdrawal has been filed, 
and the Commission has taken no action to disallow the withdrawal. 
Pursuant to Rule 216(b) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure,\1\ the withdrawal of the application became effective on May 
31, 2023, and this proceeding is hereby terminated.\2\
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    \1\ 18 CFR 385.216(b) (2022).
    \2\ On January 17, 2023, New England Hydropower Company, LLC 
filed a notice of intent and pre-application document for the Ashton 
Dam Project No. 14634 as a competing application to the Slater 
Project application. Now that the Slater Project application is 
effectively withdrawn and the proceeding is terminated, the two 
applications are no longer in competition and any Commission 
regulations regarding competitive applications are no longer 
applicable.

    Dated: May 31, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-12080 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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