[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 29320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08497]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2300-052; 2300-052; 2311-067; 2326-054; 2327-047; 2422-
058; 2423-031]


Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC; Notice of Revised Procedural 
Schedule for Environmental Assessments for the Proposed Project 
Relicenses

    On August 1, 2022, Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC filed 
applications for new major licenses for the 3.7-MW Shelburne 
Hydroelectric Project, the 4.8-MW Upper Gorham Hydroelectric Project, 
the 3.2-MW Cross Power Hydroelectric Project, the 7.9-MW Cascade 
Hydroelectric Project, the 3.2-MW Sawmill Hydroelectric Project, and 
the 7.9-MW Riverside Hydroelectric Project. On October 12, 2023, 
Commission staff issued a notice of intent to prepare an environmental 
assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects of relicensing these projects. 
The notice identified an anticipated schedule for issuance of draft and 
final EAs.
    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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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues draft EAs...............  May 2024.
Commission issues final EAs...............  September 2024. \1\
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Ryan Hansen 
at (202) 502-8074, or by email at [email protected].
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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, sec. 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.

    Dated: April 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-08497 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
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