[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20990-20991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07655]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 8632-023]
City of Kankakee, Illinois; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
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a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 8632-023.
c. Date filed: April 3, 2026.
d. Applicant: City of Kankakee, Illinois.
e. Name of Project: Kankakee Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: The project is located on the Kankakee River in
Kankakee County, Illinois.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C.791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Zachary Newton, Utility Superintendent--
City of Kankakee, Kankakee Environmental Services Utility--295 North
Harrison Ave., Kankakee, IL 60901; telephone: 815-933-0454; or email:
il.gov">zjnewton@citykankakee-il.gov.
i. FERC Contact: Laura Washington at (202) 502-6072; or email at
[email protected].
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June
2, 2026.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 10,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic
filing, please send a paper copy via U.S. Postal Service to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie Anne A. Reese,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-8632-023.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The project consists of: (1) a 300-acre reservoir; (2) a 440-
foot-long concrete dam topped by a 2-foot-high inflatable rubber dam;
(3) a 100-foot-long intake channel; (4) a powerhouse with three 400-
kilowatt generating units with a total installed capacity of 1.2
megawatts; (5) a 60-foot-long tailrace channel; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The project is operated in a run-of-river mode with an
estimated annual energy production of approximately 1,124 megawatt
hours. The applicant proposes to continue to operate the project in a
run-of-river mode.
o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov)
using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last
three digits in the docket number field to access the document (P-
8632). For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected],
(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter and Request July 2026.
Additional Information.
Issue Acceptance Letter and Notice........... October 2026.
Issue Scoping Notice......................... October 2026.
Scoping Comments due......................... November 2026.
Issue Ready for Environmental Analysis Notice December 2026.
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r. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: April 15, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-07655 Filed 4-17-26; 8:45 am]
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