[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 49169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12677]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1922-052]


Ketchikan Public Utilities; Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule 
for Draft and Final Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Project 
Relicense

    On October 27, 2022, Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU) filed an 
application for a new major license for the 7.1-megawatt Beaver Falls 
Hydroelectric Project (Beaver Falls Project; FERC No. 1922). On January 
5, 2024, Commission staff issued a notice of intent to prepare a draft 
and final Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects of 
relicensing the Beaver Falls 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, sec. 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues draft EA................  August 2024.
Comments on draft EA......................  September 2024.
Commission issues final EA................  January 2025.\1\
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Golbahar 
Mirhosseini at [email protected].

    Dated: June 4, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-12677 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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