[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 27424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08202]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2853-073]


Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Notice 
of Revised Procedural Schedule for Draft and Final Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed Project Relicense

    On June 30, 2022, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and 
Conservation (Montana DNRC) filed an application for a new major 
license for the 9.66-megawatt Broadwater Hydroelectric Project 
(Broadwater Project; FERC No. 2853). On September 20, 2023, Commission 
staff issued a notice of intent to prepare a draft and final 
Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects of relicensing 
the Broadwater Project. The notice of intent included an anticipated 
schedule for issuing the draft and final EA. By this notice, Commission 
staff is updating the procedural schedule for completing the draft and 
final EAs. The revised schedule is shown below. Further revisions to 
the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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    \1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations 
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) (2022) require that EAs be completed 
within 1 year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an 
EA. See National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., 
as amended by section 107(g)(1)(B)(iii) of the Fiscal Responsibility 
Act of 2023, Public Law 118-5, 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues draft EA................  May 2024.
Comments on draft EA......................  June 2024.
Commission issues final EA................  August 2024.\1\
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Ingrid 
Brofman at (202) 502-8347, or [email protected].

    Dated: April 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-08202 Filed 4-16-24; 8:45 am]
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