[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 14483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03928]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15024-000]


Pumped Hydro Storage LLC; Supplemental Notice Soliciting Comments

    On March 12, 2020, Pumped Hydro Storage LLC filed an application 
for a preliminary permit to study the feasibility of the Big Canyon 
Pumped Storage Project No. 15024, which would be located entirely on 
lands within the Navajo Nation Reservation.
    On February 15, 2024, the Commission established a new policy that 
it will not issue preliminary permits for projects proposing to use 
Tribal lands if the Tribe on whose lands the project is to be located 
opposes the permit.\1\ In light of the new policy, the Commission is 
giving stakeholders 30 days from the issuance of this notice to provide 
additional comments on the Big Canyon Pumped Storage Project.
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    \1\ Nature & People First Ariz. PHS, LLC, 186 FERC ] 61,117 
(2024); Nature & People First N.M. PHS, LLC, 186 FERC ] 61,118 
(2024); Nature & People First Ariz. PHS, LLC, 186 FERC ] 61,119 
(2024); Western Navajo Pumped Storage 1, LLC, 186 FERC ] 61,120 
(2024).

    Dated: February 20, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-03928 Filed 2-26-24; 8:45 am]
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