60196 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 168 / Thursday, August 31, 2023 / Notices 

1See Northern States Power Company— 

Wisconsin, 172 FERC ¶ 62,093 (2020). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15055–001] 

Northern States Power Company; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Licensing and 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. 

a. Type of Application: Original Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 15055–001. 

c. Date Filed: August 18, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Northern States Power 

Company, a Wisconsin Corporation 

(NSP). 

e. Name of Project: Gile Flowage 

Storage Reservoir Project (project). 

f. Location: On the West Fork of the 

Montreal River in Iron County, 

Wisconsin approximately 3 miles 

southwest of the towns of Hurley, 

Wisconsin and Ironwood, Michigan. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Miller, 

Hydro License Compliance Consultant, 

Xcel Energy, 1414 West Hamilton 

Avenue, P.O. Box 8, Eau Claire, 

Wisconsin 54702–0008; telephone at 

(715) 737–1353, or email at 

matthew.j.miller@xcelenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, 

telephone at (312) 596–4447, or email at 

nicholas.ettema@ferc.gov. 

j. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

k. Project Description: The project 

includes the following existing 

facilities: (1) a 902.6-foot-long, 32.5-foothigh dam that includes: (a) a 300-footlong west earthen embankment with a 

crest elevation of 1495.0 feet National 

Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 

29); (b) a 27.6-foot-long concrete section 

that includes a 6-foot-wide, 6-foot-high 

sluice gate with a trashrack with 2.625- 

inch clear bar spacing, and a 16-footwide, 12-foot-high Tainter gate; and (c) 

a 575-foot-long east earthen 

embankment with a crest elevation of 

1495.0 feet NGVD 29; (2) an 

impoundment with a surface area of 

3,454 acres at an elevation of 1,490 feet 

NGVD 29 and usable storage capacity of 

32,713 acre-feet between surface 

elevations of 1,475 feet and 1,490 feet 

NGVD 29; (3) a 35-foot-long concrete 

conduit downstream of the sluice gate; 

(4) an approximately 60-foot-long 

concrete apron downstream of the dam; 

(5) a 27.5-foot-wide, 11.8-foot-long brick 

gatehouse integral to the concrete 

section of the dam; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The project does not contain 

any generating facilities. 

The project includes the following 

existing recreation facilities: (1) a canoe 

take-out site on the shoreline of the 

impoundment, at the east earthen 

embankment; (2) an approximately 100- 

foot-long canoe portage route; and (3) a 

canoe put-in site located on the east 

shore of the West Fork of the Montreal 

River, immediately downstream of the 

project dam. 

An August 19, 2020 order, issued in 

FERC Docket No. UL20–1–000, found 

that the project is required to be 

licensed because it is part of a complete 

unit of development that includes the 

Saxon Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 

2610 (Saxon Project) and the Superior 

Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2587 

(Superior Project).1 NSP currently 

operates the project to augment flow in 

the West Fork of the Montreal River 

during the summer and winter low-flow 

periods for hydroelectric generation at 

the downstream Saxon and Superior 

Projects. NSP maintains the 

impoundment levels between 1,475 feet 

and 1,490 feet NGVD 29. To protect 

aquatic resources, NSP releases a 

continuous minimum flow of 10 cubic 

feet per second or inflow, whichever is 

less, downstream of the project dam. 

NSP provides the minimum flow 

through the sluice gate. 

To augment flows available for 

generation at the Saxon Falls Project 

and Superior Falls Project, NSP 

typically begins drawing down the 

impoundment in the summer and 

winter, respectively around May 1 and 

December 1. The project has a 

maximum drawdown of 15 feet, but the 

average summer and winter drawdowns 

are typically 5.2 feet and 6.8 feet, 

respectively. The impoundment remains 

at the lower level until seasonal inflow 

refills the impoundment in the fall and 

spring. To protect aquatic and recreation 

resources, under normal project 

operation, NSP limits the rate of the 

impoundment drawdowns to 0.2 feet 

per day. 

NSP is not proposing any new 

facilities or operational changes that 

would alter the current project 

operation. The proposed project 

boundary encompasses approximately 

3,457.5 acres, including: (1) the 

impoundment; (2) 2.1 acres of land 

associated with the project facilities 

listed above; (3) 0.2 acre of water 

associated with the West Fork of the 

Montreal River immediately 

downstream of the project dam; (4) 0.3 

acre of land north of the west earthen 

embankment; and (5) 0.9 acre of land 

north of the east earthen embankment. 

l. 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–15055). 

For assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). At this time, the Commission has 

suspended access to the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room. 

m. 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. 

n. 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 OPP@

ferc.gov. 

o. Procedural Schedule: 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 

Issue Deficiency Letter .................................................................................................................................................................. September 2023. 

Request Additional Information (if necessary) .............................................................................................................................. September 2023. 

Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ............................................................................................. March 2024. 

Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions ....................................... May 2024. 

p. 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. 

Dated: August 25, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18871 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Pre-Recorded Workshop: 

‘‘Fundamentals of Intervention in FERC 

Matters’’; Office of Public Participation 

Fundamentals for Participating in 

FERC Matters 

Office of Public Participation (OPP) 

staff will release an educational video 

on October 25, 2023, in the abovereferenced proceedings. The video, 

titled ‘‘FERC Intervention: Powering Up 

Your Participation’’ will explain how 

and why a member of the public may 

choose to intervene in a Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

proceeding. Staff will address common 

questions about filing an intervention at 

FERC. 

The conversation will cover 

intervening in energy infrastructure 

projects (natural gas pipelines, liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) terminals, or 

hydroelectric dams) proceedings, and in 

electric rates proceedings. OPP directly 

helps constituents to navigate FERC 

proceedings by explaining what an 

intervention is and how to intervene in 

the correct docket. Intervention is the 

procedural pathway to becoming a party 

in a proceeding at FERC. 

Further questions which will be 

addressed include: What does it mean to 

file an intervention in a docket? Is that 

the same as filing a comment? Does that 

make me a party to a case, and what 

does becoming a party to a case mean? 

Is a lawyer required? Are there 

examples or templates? What should I 

know before deciding to intervene? 

OPP wants to hear from you. What 

questions do you have? What has been 

your experience intervening, 

commenting, or otherwise navigating a 

FERC proceeding? 

The video will be posted on FERC’s 

YouTube channel on Office of Public 

Participation’s playlist. It will include 

captioning in English and Spanish and 

will be compliant with section 508 of 

the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov 

or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) 

or 202–502–8659 (TTY) or send a FAX 

to 202–208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

Please file your questions or 

comments in the docket on or before 

Wednesday September 20, 2023. If you 

need help with filing or have any other 

questions, feel free to reach out to 

Matthew Rolnick of the Commission’s 

Office of Public Participation at 

Matthew.Rolnick@ferc.gov or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: August 25, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18863 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER23–2694–000] 

Cereal City Solar, LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Cereal 

City Solar, LLC’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is September 

14, 2023. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document 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. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

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 


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