63948 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 179 / Monday, September 18, 2023 / Notices 

Accession Number: 20230912–5003. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/25/23. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the 

specified comment date. Protests may be 

considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. eFiling is encouraged. 

More detailed information relating to 

filing requirements, interventions, 

protests, service, and qualifying 

facilities filings can be found at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filingreq.pdf. For other information, call (866) 

208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (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 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: September 12, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20119 Filed 9–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e) (1) (v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. This filing may be viewed 

on the Commission’s website at 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. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket Nos. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited: 

1. CP22–2–000 ............................................................................................................................. 7–26–2023 FERC Staff 1. 

2. CP22–2–000 ............................................................................................................................. 7–27–2023 FERC Staff 2. 

Exempt: 

1. CP17–40–000 ........................................................................................................................... 9–11–2023 U.S. Senator Tammy 

Duckworth. 

1Emailed comments dated 7/26/23 from Ruth Swenson. 

2Emailed comments dated 7/27/23 from Kay Reibold. 

Dated: September 12, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20116 Filed 9–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 8866–013] 

Black Canyon Bliss, LLC; Notice of 

Availability of Environmental 

Assessment 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office 

of Energy Projects has reviewed the 

application for a new license to 

continue to operate and maintain the 

Stevenson No. 2 Hydroelectric Project. 

The project is located on an unnamed 

tributary to the Snake River in Gooding 

County, Idaho. Commission staff has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) for the project. 

The EA contains staff’s analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

project and concludes that licensing the 

project, with appropriate environmental 

protective measures, would not 

constitute a major Federal action that 

would significantly affect the quality of 

the human environment. 


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The Commission provides all 

interested persons with an opportunity 

to view and/or print the EA 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. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

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. 

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. 

Any comments should be filed within 

30 days from the date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments 

using the Commission’s eFiling system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support. In 

lieu of electronic filing, you may submit 

a paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. The first page of any filing 

should include docket number P–8866– 

013. 

For further information, contact 

Maryam Zavareh at (202) 502–8474 or 

by email at Maryam.Zavareh@ferc.gov. 

Dated: September 12, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20112 Filed 9–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2333–094] 

Rumford Falls Hydro LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment 

On September 29, 2022, Rumford 

Falls Hydro LLC (RFH) filed an 

application for a new major license for 

the 44.5-megawatt Rumford Falls 

Hydroelectric Project (Rumford Falls 

Project; FERC No. 2333). The 

application was supplemented on 

March 30 and June 9, 2023. The 

Rumford Falls Project is located on the 

Androscoggin River in the Town of 

Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. No 

Federal or Tribal lands occur within or 

adjacent to the project boundary. 

In accordance with the Commission’s 

regulations, on June 26, 2023, 

Commission staff issued a notice that 

the project was ready for environmental 

analysis (REA Notice). Based on the 

information in the record, including 

comments filed on the REA Notice, staff 

does not anticipate that licensing the 

project would constitute a major Federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. Therefore, 

staff intends to prepare a draft and final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 

application to relicense the Rumford 

Falls Project. 

The EA will be issued and circulated 

for review by all interested parties. All 

comments filed on the EA will be 

analyzed by staff and considered in the 

Commission’s final licensing decision. 

The application will be processed 

according to the following schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule may be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Commission issues draft EA January 2024. 

Comments on draft EA ......... March 2024. 

Commission issues final EA August 2024.1

1The Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) regulations under 40 CFR 

1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed 

within 1 year of the Federal action agency’s 

decision to prepare an EA. This notice establishes the Commission’s intent to prepare a 

draft and final EA for the Rumford Falls 

Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ’s 

regulations, the final EA must be issued within 

1 year of the issuance date of this notice. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Ryan Hansen at (202) 

502–8074 or ryan.hansen@ferc.gov. 

Dated: September 12, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20113 Filed 9–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER23–2802–000] 

Oxbow Solar Farm 1, 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 Oxbow 

Solar Farm 1, LLC’s application for 

market-based 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 October 2, 

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 


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