69916 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 10, 2023 / Notices 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other method: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of submissions (option 

1 above) and has eFiling staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail or email (with a link to the 

document) at: Francisco Tarin Director, 

Regulatory, El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C., Two North Nevada 

Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 

80903, or call (719) 667–7515, or via 

email to francisco_tarin@

kindermorgan.com. Any subsequent 

submissions by an intervenor must be 

served on the applicant and all other 

parties to the proceeding. Contact 

information for parties can be 

downloaded from the service list at the 

eService link on FERC Online. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Dated: October 2, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22345 Filed 10–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 2842–045 and 2952–073] 

Idaho Falls Power; Notice of Intent To 

File License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document (PAD), 

Commencement of Pre-Filing Process 

and Scoping; Request for Comments 

on the PAD and Scoping Document, 

and Identification of Issues and 

Associated Study Requests 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project Nos.: 2842–045 and 2952– 

073. 

c. Dated Filed: August 2, 2023. 

d. Submitted By: Idaho Falls Power. 

e. Name of Project: Idaho Falls 

Hydroelectric Project, Gem State 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Snake River, in 

Bonneville and Bingham Counties, 

Idaho. The project occupies Federal 

lands under the jurisdiction of the U.S. 

Bureau of Land Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: 

Richard Malloy, Regulatory Compliance 

Manager, Idaho Falls Power, 140 S 

Capital Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83402. 

i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip at (503) 

552–2762 or email at matt.cutlip@

ferc.gov. 

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 o 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. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and National 

Marine Fisheries Service under section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act and the 

joint agency regulations thereunder at 

50 CFR part 402; and National Marine 

Fisheries Service under section 305(b) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Management and Conservation Act and 

implementing regulations at 50 CFR part 

600.920. We are also initiating 

consultation with the Idaho State 

Historic Preservation Officer, as 

required by section 106, National 

Historic Preservation Act, and the 

implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR part 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Idaho Falls Power as the Commission’s 

non-Federal representative for carrying 

out informal consultation pursuant to 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Management and Conservation Act, and 

section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Idaho Falls Power filed with the 

Commission a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD; including a proposed 

process plan and schedule), pursuant to 

18 CFR part 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed 

on the Commission’s website (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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

You may register online at https://

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to 

be notified via email of new filings and 

issuances related to these or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and Commission 

staff’s Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as 

well as study requests. All comments on 

the PAD and SD1, and study requests 

should be sent to the address above in 

paragraph h. In addition, all comments 

on the PAD and SD1, study requests, 

requests for cooperating agency status, 

and all communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents 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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 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 


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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–2842– 

045 or P–2952–073, as appropriate. 

All filings with the Commission must 

bear the appropriate heading: 

‘‘Comments on Pre-Application 

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ 

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ 

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency 

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and 

from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by November 30, 2023. 

p. 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. 

q. The Commission’s scoping process 

will help determine the required level of 

analysis and satisfy the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

scoping requirements, irrespective of 

whether the Commission prepares an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023. 

Time: 9 a.m. (MDT). 

Location: Hilton Garden Inn—South 

Fork River Meeting Room, 700 Lindsay 

Boulevard, Idaho Falls, ID 83402. 

Phone: 208–522–9500. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023. 

Time: 7 p.m. (MDT). 

Location: Hilton Garden Inn—South 

Fork River Meeting Room, 700 Lindsay 

Boulevard, Idaho Falls, ID 83402. 

Phone: 208–522–9500. 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the web 

at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

n. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 may include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, identified 

through the scoping process. 

Environmental Site Review 

The applicant and Commission staff 

will conduct an environmental site 

review of the project on Wednesday, 

October 25, 2023, starting at 1 p.m. 

(MDT). 

All interested individuals, agencies, 

tribes, and NGOs are invited to attend. 

All participants are responsible for their 

own transportation to/from the project 

and during the site visit. Participants 

should meet at 1 p.m. at the Idaho Falls 

Power offices at 140 S Capital Avenue, 

Idaho Falls, ID 83402. Please contact 

Richard Malloy with Idaho Falls Power 

at (208) 612–8428, or via email at 

rmalloy@ifpower.org, on or before 

October 13, 2023, if you plan to attend 

the environmental site review. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of Federal, State, and Tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

Federal or State agency or Indian Tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

n. of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

Commission staff are moderating the 

scoping meetings. The meetings are 

recorded by an independent 

stenographer and become part of the 

formal record of the Commission 

proceeding on the project. Individuals, 

NGOs, Indian tribes, and agencies with 

environmental expertise and concerns 

are encouraged to attend the meeting 

and to assist the staff in defining and 

clarifying the issues to be addressed in 

the NEPA document. 

Dated: October 2, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22346 Filed 10–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP23–543–000, CP23–544– 

000, CP23–545–000] 

Bison Pipeline LLC, Northern Border 

Pipeline Company, Wyoming Interstate 

Company, LLC, Fort Union Gas 

Gathering, LLC; Notice of Applications 

and Establishing Intervention 

Deadlines 

Take notice that on September 15, 

2023, Bison Pipeline LLC (Bison), 700 

Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, 

Texas 77002–2700, filed an application, 

in Docket No. CP23–543–000, under 

section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) and part 157 of the Commission’s 

regulations requesting authorization to 

abandon 300,000 dekatherms per day 

(Dth/day) of existing unsubscribed 

capacity by lease to Wyoming Interstate 

Company, LLC (WIC) pursuant to the 

terms of a capacity lease agreement 

between Bison and WIC. 

Also, take notice that on September 

15, 2023, Northern Border Pipeline 

Company (Northern Border), 700 

Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, 

Texas 77002–2700, filed an application, 

in Docket No. CP23–544–000, under 

sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the NGA and 

part 157 of the Commission’s 

regulations requesting authorization for 

its Bison XPress Project, located in 

McKenzie, Dunn, and Morton Counties, 

North Dakota. The proposed Bison 

XPress Project consists of the 

replacement and expansion of 

compression facilities at Northern 


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