71852 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 18, 2023 / Notices 

Dated: October 12, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22984 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 7883–020] 

Powerhouse Systems, Inc.; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests and 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Relicensing and a 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: Subsequent 

License. 

b. Project No.: 7883–020. 

c. Date filed: October 2, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Powerhouse Systems, 

Inc. 

e. Name of Project: Weston Dam 

Project. 

f. Location: On the Upper 

Ammonoosuc River, Coos County, New 

Hampshire. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Jonathon 

DiCesare, Regulatory Manager, 

Powerhouse Systems, Inc., 230 Park 

Avenue, Suite 307, New York, New 

York 10017; Phone at (518) 657–9012 or 

email at jd@elevatepower.com; or Ian 

Clark, CCO, Powerhouse Systems, Inc., 

230 Park Avenue, Suite 307, New York, 

New York 10017; Phone at (518) 657– 

9012 or email at ic@elevatepower.com. 

i. FERC Contact: John Baummer at 

(202) 502–6837, or john.baummer@

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 l 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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: December 1, 2023. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

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

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The existing Weston Dam Project 

consists of the following: (1) a 220-footlong, 15.5-foot-high concrete-covered 

stone and timber crib dam (Weston 

Dam) with four hydraulic sluice gates 

and a concrete cap spillway topped with 

4.5-foot-high wooden flashboards with a 

crest elevation of 867.7 feet National 

Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 

29) at the top of the flashboards; (2) an 

impoundment with a surface area of 30 

acres and a storage capacity of 115 acrefeet at an elevation of 867.7 feet; (3) an 

intake structure; (4) a powerhouse with 

two Kaplan turbine-generator units with 

an authorized installed capacity of 540 

kilowatts; (5) two 0.48 kilovolt (kV) 

generator leads; (6) three 0.48/34.5-kV 

transformers; (7) a 34.5-kV, 300-footlong transmission line; and (8) 

appurtenant facilities. 

The project operates in a run-of-river 

mode with a minimum flow of 132 

cubic feet per second, or inflow, 

whichever is less. The project has an 

average annual generation of 2,357 

megawatt-hours between 2013 and 

2022. 

Powerhouse Systems, Inc. is not 

proposing any changes to project 

facilities or operation. 

o. Copies of the application 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 (P–7883). For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

tollfree, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY). 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp 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. 

p. Procedural schedule and final 

amendments: The application will be 

processed according to the following 

preliminary schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate. 

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)— 

December 2023 

Request Additional Information— 

January 2024 

Issue Acceptance Letter—March 2024 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments—March 2024 

Request Additional Information (if 

necessary)—April 2024 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if 

necessary)—May 2024. 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental 

Analysis—May 2024 

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: October 12, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22986 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1971–079] 

Idaho Power Company; Notice of 

Revised Procedural Schedule for the 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Hells Canyon Project 

On July 21, 2003, Idaho Power 

Company (Idaho Power) filed an 

application for a new license to 

continue to operate and maintain the 


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1The current license expired on July 31, 2005, 

and the project is operating under an annual 

license. 

2On January 7, 2020, the Commission issued 

notice of the offer of settlement’s filing. 

Hells Canyon Project No. 1971.1 On 

August 31, 2007, the Commission issued 

a final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the Hells Canyon Project. On 

December 30, 2019, Idaho Power filed 

an Offer of Settlement (settlement) with 

the Commission for the Hells Canyon 

Project.2 The settlement, which was 

executed on April 22, 2019, includes, 

among other items, spring Chinook 

salmon and summer steelhead fish 

passage measures. In addition, the 

Oregon and Idaho Departments of 

Environmental Quality each issued a 

water quality certification under section 

401 of the Clean Water Act for the Hells 

Canyon Project on May 24, 2019. 

On July 1, 2020, Idaho Power 

supplemented the final license 

application for the project with 

additional information on its proposal, 

including an analysis of the new and 

revised fish-related protection, 

mitigation, and enhancement measures 

proposed under the settlement, and 

updated information on project 

resources. Additionally, Idaho Power 

filed on October 14, 2020, draft 

biological assessments for species 

managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service and the National Marine 

Fisheries Service, which included an 

analysis of the effects of the new and 

revised measures on fish and wildlife 

listed under the Endangered Species 

Act. 

On June 13, 2022, Commission staff 

issued a notice of intent to prepare a 

draft and final EIS to assess the new and 

revised fish-related protection, 

mitigation, and enhancement measures 

proposed under the settlement, the 

Oregon and Idaho water quality 

certifications, and the draft biological 

assessments. The notice of intent 

included a schedule for preparing a 

draft and final supplemental EIS. 

By this notice, Commission staff is 

updating the procedural schedule for 

completing the draft and final 

supplemental EIS. Further revisions to 

the schedule may be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Issue Draft EIS .......... February 2024. 

Comments on Draft 

EIS due.

April 2024. 

Commission issues 

Final EIS.

November 2024. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Aaron Liberty at 

(202) 502–6862 or aaron.liberty@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: October 12, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22982 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0720; FRL–11374–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Registration Review; 

Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review 

and Comment; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the EPA’s preliminary 

work plans for the following chemicals: 

Aureobasidium pullulans and 

cyflumetofen. With this document, the 

EPA is opening the public comment 

period for registration review for these 

chemicals. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 18, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0720, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 

any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Additional 

instructions on commenting and visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

pesticide specific information, contact: 

The Chemical Review Manager for the 

pesticide of interest identified in Table 

1 in Unit IV. 

For general questions on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Melanie Biscoe, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 566–0701; email address: 

biscoe.melanie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, farm 

worker, and agricultural advocates; the 

chemical industry; pesticide users; and 

members of the public interested in the 

sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. 

Since others also may be interested, the 

agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

Chemical Review Manager identified in 

Table 1 in Unit IV. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for the EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to the EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to the EPA, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low-income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. Background 

Registration review is the EPA’s 

periodic review of pesticide 

registrations to ensure that each 

pesticide continues to satisfy the 

statutory standard for registration, that 

is, the pesticide can perform its 


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