[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56747-56748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15077]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2055-109]


Idaho Power Company; Notice of Availability and Adoption of Final 
Environmental Assessment

    Pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) is an application filed by Idaho Power Company (licensee) 
to permit a non-project use of project lands and waters for the purpose 
of permitting a water withdrawal from the C.J. Strike Hydroelectric 
Project FERC No. 2055. The water withdrawal would provide raw water to 
Mountain Home Airforce Base. In accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Commission's regulations 
at 18 CFR part 380, and the Council on Environment Quality regulations 
for implementing NEPA at 40 CFR 1506.3(c), Commission staff have 
decided to adopt an Environmental Assessment (EA) produced by Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) for the proposed intake facility, pumping 
station, and pipeline for the proposed project. In determining whether 
to adopt the EA, Commission staff independently reviewed the EA. The 
actions analyzed by BLM are substantially the same as those being 
proposed in the licensee's application, and therefore, Commission staff 
concludes that the EA adequately assesses the environmental impacts of 
the proposed action and can be adopted. Commission staff also agrees 
with the BLM's finding that the proposed water withdrawal is not a 
major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    The licensee proposes to allow Idaho Water Resources Board to 
construct an intake facility and pumping station within the C.J. Strike 
Hydroelectric Project's boundary to withdraw water

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from the project reservoir. Most of the pipeline used to deliver the 
raw water to Mountain Home AirForce Base is outside of the project 
boundary on lands administered by BLM. The lands within the project 
boundary proposed for the location of the water withdrawal are also 
lands administered by BLM.
    The BLM EA titled ``Establishment of a Sustainable Water Supply for 
Mountain Home Airforce Base, Idaho'', can be viewed through links 
contained in Idaho Power Company's response to the Commission's 
additional information request, filed in the Commission's eLibrary 
system on May 8, 2024, under Docket P-2055. The licensee's filing also 
contains BLM's recent amendment to the EA and Statement of Adequacy as 
an attachment.
    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, 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].
    For further information, contact Michael Calloway at 202-502-8041 
or [email protected].

    Dated: July 2, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-15077 Filed 7-9-24; 8:45 am]
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