71346 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 198 / Monday, October 16, 2023 / Notices 

1On December 13, 2018, South Feather filed the 

Settlement Agreement with the Commission. 

2On June 28, 2020, the Commission determined 

that the Water Board waived its authority to issue 

a water quality certification for the project; 

therefore, the certification conditions are not 

considered mandatory under section 401 and the 

conditions are now considered recommendations 

under section 10(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA). 

Accession Number: 20231010–5161. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/23/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–38–000. 

Applicants: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, L.P. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

10.10.23 Negotiated Rates—Vitol Inc. R– 

7495–18 to be effective 11/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 10/10/23. 

Accession Number: 20231010–5169. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/23/23. 

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/filing-req.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: October 10, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22765 Filed 10–13–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2088–068] 

South Feather Water and Power 

Agency; Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement 

On March 26, 2007, South Feather 

Water and Power Agency (South 

Feather) filed an application for a new 

license for the existing South Feather 

Power Project FERC No. 2088. The 

project is located on the South Fork 

Feather River, Lost Creek, and Slate 

Creek in Butte, Yuba, and Plumas 

Counties, California and occupies 

1,977.12 acres of federal land 

administered by Plumas National Forest 

and 10.57 acres of federal land 

administered by the U.S. Bureau of 

Land Management. The project is a 

water supply and power generating 

project consisting of four hydroelectric 

developments: Sly Creek, Woodleaf, 

Forbestown, and Kelly Ridge, which 

combined provide 117.3-megawatts of 

generating capacity and an average of 

498,972 megawatt-hours of electricity 

annually. 

On June 4, 2009, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

issued a final Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the project. 

Subsequently, South Feather entered 

into a Settlement Agreement with the 

California Department of Water 

Resources and the State Water 

Contractors, Incorporated, which 

modifies the proposed operation of the 

project’s Kelly Ridge Powerhouse.1

Additionally, the California State Water 

Resources Control Board (Water Board) 

filed a water quality certification for the 

project on November 30, 2018; 2 South 

Feather filed an amendment to its 

license application on December 21, 

2021, in which it proposes additional 

measures developed in consultation 

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) to protect the federally 

endangered Sierra Nevada yellowlegged frog; and the Forest Service filed 

revised final conditions under section 

4(e) of the FPA on October 14, 2022. 

To evaluate these filings made 

subsequent to the issuance of the final 

EIS as well as newly listed species 

under the Endangered Species Act, 

Commission staff intends to prepare a 

draft and final supplemental EIS in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act. The 

supplemental EIS will describe and 

evaluate the effects of the proposed 

action and alternatives. For the resource 

areas not affected by any new and 

revised measures or new environmental 

information, the supplemental EIS will 

either include, or incorporate by 

reference, analyses from the final EIS. 

With this notice, we are reinitiating 

informal consultation with the FWS 

under section 7 of the ESA and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR 

part 402. 

The draft supplemental EIS will be 

sent to all persons and entities on the 

Commission’s service and mailing lists 

for the South Feather Power Project. 

Recipients will then have 60 days to 

review the draft supplemental EIS and 

file written comments with the 

Commission. All comments filed with 

the Commission on the final 

supplemental EIS will be considered in 

the Order taking final action on the 

license application. The application will 

be processed according to the following 

schedule. Revisions to the schedule may 

be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Draft Supplemental 

EIS issued.

October 2023. 

Comments due on 

Draft Supplemental 

EIS.

December 2023. 

Final Supplemental 

EIS issued.

April 2024. 

This notice informs all interested 

individuals, organizations, tribes, and 

agencies with environmental expertise 

and concerns, that: (1) the Commission 

staff has decided to prepare a 

supplemental EIS addressing the 

settlement and amendment application; 

and (2) the comments, 

recommendations, and terms and 

conditions already on file with the 

Commission on the application will be 

taken into account in the supplemental 

EIS. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Quinn Emmering, 

the Commission’s coordinator for the 

relicensing of the project, at (202) 502– 

6382 or at quinn.emmering@ferc.gov. 

Dated: October 3, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22700 Filed 10–13–23; 8:45 am] 

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