[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 22399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06770]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2701-061]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Revised Procedural 
Schedule for Final Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Project 
Relicense

    On February 26, 2021, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie) filed 
an application for a new major license to continue to operate and 
maintain the 39.75-megawatt (MW) West Canada Creek Hydroelectric 
Project No. 2701 (West Canada Creek Project). On June 27, 2022, 
Commission staff issued a notice of intent to prepare a draft and final 
Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects of relicensing 
the West Canada Creek Project. The notice of intent included a schedule 
for preparing a draft and final EA. On September 6, 2023, Commission 
staff issued the draft EA. By notice issued September 21, 2023, the 
schedule for completing a final EA was revised. The revised due date 
for the final EA was to be March 2024.
    On February 2, 2024 Erie filed a Comprehensive Relicensing 
Settlement Agreement (Settlement Agreement) on behalf of itself, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation, and the New York State Council of Trout 
Unlimited. In order for Commission staff to fully consider the 
Settlement Agreement, stakeholder comments on the Settlement Agreement, 
and any additional information requested by staff, the procedural 
schedule for completing a final EA is being revised as follows. Further 
revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Final EA............................  September 2024.
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Laurie Bauer 
at (202) 502-6519, or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: March 25, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-06770 Filed 3-29-24; 8:45 am]
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