[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3647-3648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01035]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1744-041]


PacifiCorp; Notice of Availability of Executed Programmatic 
Agreement for the Weber Hydroelectric Project

    Take notice that on November 2, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) and the Utah State Historic Preservation 
Officer (SHPO) executed a Programmatic Agreement for the Weber 
Hydroelectric Project No. 1744.\1\ The project is located

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on the Weber River near the city of Ogden in Weber, Morgan, and Davis 
counties, Utah and occupies federal lands within the Uinta-Wasatch-
Cache National Forest managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 
Forest Service.
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    \1\ PacifiCorp, 174 FERC ] 62,172 (2021).
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    On January 20, 2023, and April 18, 2023, PacifiCorp, the project's 
licensee, requested Commission approval to undertake certain 
construction, modification, and removal activities that have the 
potential to adversely affect properties included in, or eligible for 
inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places. Thereafter, 
Commission staff determined that a Programmatic Agreement should be 
executed to ensure compliance with section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act.\2\
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    \2\ 54 U.S.C. 306108.
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    On November 2, 2023, the Commission and the Utah SHPO executed the 
Programmatic Agreement. PacifiCorp was invited to concur in the 
agreement and did so on November 14, 2023. The Programmatic Agreement 
requires PacifiCorp to continue to implement the Historic Properties 
Management Plan approved in Article 407 of the project's license.\3\ 
Pursuant to section 6 of the Federal Power Act,\4\ the Commission is 
providing notice that it plans to issue an order amending the license 
to incorporate the executed Programmatic Agreement. Unless and until 
the Commission issues an order incorporating the Programmatic Agreement 
into the license, the agreement has no independent legal effect.
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    \3\ PacifiCorp, 174 FERC ] 62,172 at P 53 & Article 407.
    \4\ 16 U.S.C. 799.
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    The executed Programmatic Agreement may be viewed on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov under the eLibrary link. 
Enter the docket number (P-1744) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new 
filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
    For further information, contact Jennifer Polardino at 202-502-6437 
or [email protected].

    Dated: January 12, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-01035 Filed 1-18-24; 8:45 am]
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