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Dated: September 14, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20355 Filed 9–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3442–000] 

The City of Nashua; Notice of 

Authorization for Continued Project 

Operation 

The license for the Mine Falls 

Hydroelectric Project No. 3442 was 

issued for a period ending July 31, 2023. 

Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 

808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at 

the expiration of a license term, to issue 

from year-to-year an annual license to 

the then licensee(s) under the terms and 

conditions of the prior license until a 

new license is issued, or the project is 

otherwise disposed of as provided in 

section 15 or any other applicable 

section of the FPA. If the project’s prior 

license waived the applicability of 

section 15 of the FPA, then, based on 

section 9(b) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as 

set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the 

licensee of such project has filed an 

application for a subsequent license, the 

licensee may continue to operate the 

project in accordance with the terms 

and conditions of the license after the 

minor or minor part license expires, 

until the Commission acts on its 

application. If the licensee of such a 

project has not filed an application for 

a subsequent license, then it may be 

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), 

to continue project operations until the 

Commission issues someone else a 

license for the project or otherwise 

orders disposition of the project. 

If the project is subject to section 15 

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that 

an annual license for Project No. 3442 

is issued to The City of Nashua for a 

period effective August 1, 2023, through 

July 31, 2024, or until the issuance of a 

new license for the project or other 

disposition under the FPA, whichever 

comes first. If issuance of a new license 

(or other disposition) does not take 

place on or before July 31, 2024, notice 

is hereby given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 

16.18(c), an annual license under 

section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is renewed 

automatically without further order or 

notice by the Commission, unless the 

Commission orders otherwise. 

If the project is not subject to section 

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given 

that The City of Nashua is authorized to 

continue operation of Mine Falls 

Hydroelectric Project under the terms 

and conditions of the prior license until 

the issuance of a new license for the 

project or other disposition under the 

FPA, whichever comes first. 

Dated: September 14, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20360 Filed 9–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15314–000] 

County of Coconino, AZ; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On June 12, 2023, Western Navajo 

Pumped Storage 1, LLC, filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the 

feasibility of the to be located near the 

City of Page in Coconino County, 

Arizona. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant 

the permit holder priority to file a 

license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

The project is proposed as a closed 

loop pumped storage hydroelectricgenerating facility, which would involve 

the construction of new water storage, 

water conveyance, and generation 

facilities at off-channel locations where 

no such facilities exist at this time. The 

project would utilize water from Lake 

Powell to fill and periodically refill the 

project reservoirs. The lower reservoir 

would be located approximately 5,280 

feet west from the proposed upper 

reservoir. A zoned rockfill embankment 

dike approximately 75 feet high and 

8,200 feet long is proposed to be 

constructed to enclose the perimeter of 

the 110-acre lower reservoir with a 

water surface elevation of 4,125 feet 

mean sea level (msl). The upper 

reservoir would be located 

approximately 5,280 feet east from the 

proposed lower reservoir. A zoned 

rockfill embankment dike 

approximately 75 feet high and 8,000 

feet long is proposed to be constructed 

to enclose the perimeter of the 110-acre 

upper reservoir with a water surface 

elevation of 4,625 feet msl. Both 

embankment ring dikes would have an 

impermeable clay core and an 

impermeable concrete liner. 

During pumping operations, water 

would be drawn through the eight 

reversible Francis pump-turbine units 

into eight 12-foot-diameter steel pipes 

that would merge into a 34 footdiameter penstock, which would convey 

water to the upper reservoir. During 

generation, operations would be 

reversed. The total installed generation 

capacity would be 396 megawatts with 

a hydraulic head of 500 feet. 

The proposed project would also 

include a new 3-mile-long, 230-kilovolt 

overhead transmission line that would 

extend from a proposed substation near 

the proposed powerhouse to an 

interconnection point with the 

substation located at the former Navajo 

Generating Station. The 3-mile-long 

transmission route would follow an 

approximately 150-foot-wide corridor 

southwest towards the former coal plant 

substation. The proposed substation 

would include two 200-megavoltampere Generator Step-up Units, relays 

and controls, breakers, and switches as 

required by the existing substation 

owner/electric service provider. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Erik Steimle, 

Western Navajo Pumped Storage 1, LLC, 

100 S Olive Street, West Palm Beach, FL 

33401; erik@ryedevelopment.com; 

phone: (503) 998–0230. 

FERC Contact: Everard Baker; email: 

everard.baker@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 

502–8554. 

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