[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53612-53613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14048]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2800-054]


Essex Company, LLC, Lawrence Hydroelectric Project; Notice of 
Dispute Resolution Panel Meeting and Technical Conference

    On June 18, 2024, Commission staff, in response to the filing of a 
notice of study dispute by the National Marine Fisheries Service on May 
28, 2024, convened a single three-person Dispute Resolution Panel 
(Panel) pursuant to 18 CFR 5.14(d).
    The Panel will hold a technical conference to address two study 
disputes regarding potential effects of the Lawrence Project (P-2800) 
on shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon and their habitat in the Merrimack 
River. The purpose of the technical session is for the disputing 
agency, applicant, and Commission staff to provide the Panel with 
additional information necessary to evaluate the disputed studies, and 
for the Panel to ask questions and seek clarification regarding the 
matters in dispute. All local, state, and federal agencies, Indian 
tribes, and other interested parties are invited to attend the meeting 
as observers. The Panel may also request information or clarification 
on written submissions as necessary to understand the matters in 
dispute. The Panel will limit all input that it receives

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to the specific studies or information in dispute and will focus on the 
applicability of such studies or information to the study criteria 
stipulated in 18 CFR 5.9(b). If the number of participants wishing to 
speak creates time constraints, the Panel may, at its discretion, limit 
the speaking time for each participant.
    The conference will be held virtually, using the Microsoft Teams 
platform, on Friday, June 28 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. If you plan to 
attend the conference, you must contact Allan Creamer, as directed 
below, by June 26, 2024 to receive specific instructions on how to 
attend.
    For more information, please contact Allan Creamer, the Dispute 
Resolution Panel Chair, at [email protected], or (202) 502-8365.

    Dated: June 20, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-14048 Filed 6-26-24; 8:45 am]
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