[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23009-23010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07045]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2153-066]


United Water Conservation District; Notice of Intent To Prepare 
an Environmental Assessment

    On May 26, 2020, as supplemented on September 7, 2021, February 2, 
2022, September 8, 2022, and January 3, 2024, United Water Conservation 
District (UWCD) filed a non-capacity amendment application for the 
Santa Felicia Project No. 2153 (project). The project is located on 
Piru Creek in Ventura County, California. The project occupies federal 
lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
    The purpose of the amendment application is to implement the Santa 
Felicia Dam Safety Improvement Project. The Dam Safety Project proposes 
to replace the existing outlet works and modify the existing spillway 
and dam to address the potential for failure under seismic loading 
conditions and increase the conveyance capacity to sufficiently pass 
the inflow design flood. On June 1, 2020, the Commission issued a 
public notice of UWCD's request for a license amendment soliciting 
comments, motions to intervene, and protests. No comments, motions to 
intervene, or protests were received.
    This notice identifies Commission staff's intention to prepare an

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environmental assessment (EA) for the project and the planned schedule 
for the completion of the environmental review. The target date for 
staff to issue the EA is July 2024.\1\ Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate. The EA will be issued and made available for 
review by all interested parties and all comments filed on the EA will 
be analyzed by staff and considered in the Commission's final decision 
on the proceeding.
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    \1\ 42 U.S.C. 4336a(g)(1)(B) requires lead federal agencies to 
complete EAs within 1 year of the agency's decision to prepare an 
EA. This notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA 
for the project; therefore, the EA must be issued within 1 year of 
the issuance date of this notice.
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    With this notice, the Commission is inviting federal, state, local, 
and Tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with 
respect to environmental issues affected by the proposal to cooperate 
in the preparation of the EA planned to be issued July 2024. Agencies 
wishing to cooperate, or further discuss the benefits, 
responsibilities, and obligations of the cooperating agency role, 
should contact staff listed at the bottom of this notice by April 18, 
2024. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that 
agencies that cooperate in the preparation of any environmental 
document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
    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 to 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].
    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to David 
Rudisail at (202) 502-6376 or [email protected].

    Dated: March 28, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-07045 Filed 4-2-24; 8:45 am]
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