Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 197 / Friday, October 13, 2023 / Notices 70965 

1The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

issued a final rule on April 20, 2022, revising its 

regulations for implementing NEPA (see National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Regulations Revisions, 87 FR 23,453–70). The rule 

became effective on May 20, 2022. However, 

because the NEPA review of this project was in 

process at that time, the final SEIS was prepared 

pursuant to CEQ’s 1978 regulations. 1 40 CFR 1501.10 (2020). 

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the 

Docket Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. A 

copy of any Motion to Intervene must 

also be served upon each representative 

of the Applicant specified in the 

particular application. 

p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

Applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Dated: October 5, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22553 Filed 10–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2146–111; Project No. 82–000; 

Project No. 618–000] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Alabama Power 

Company Coosa River Hydroelectric 

Project 

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 single new license to 

continue to operate and maintain three 

separately licensed projects and has 

prepared a final supplemental 

environmental impact statement 

(SEIS).1 The single new license would 

combine the Coosa Hydroelectric Project 

(FERC No. 2146), which consists of the 

Weiss, H. Neely Henry, Logan Martin, 

Lay, and Bouldin developments, the 

Mitchell Dam Hydroelectric Project 

(FERC No. 82), and the Jordan Dam 

Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 618) 

into one 969.9-megawatt project, the 

Coosa River Hydroelectric Project 

(Coosa River Project) No. 2146. The 

projects are located on the Coosa River, 

in the states of Alabama and Georgia, 

and occupy about 508.31 acres of 

federal land administered by the U.S. 

Bureau of Land Management and 5.75 

acres of federal land administered by 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

participated as a cooperating agency to 

prepare the final SEIS. 

The final SEIS has been prepared to 

address the July 6, 2018 opinion issued 

by the United States Court of Appeals 

for the District of Columbia (court) 

regarding the Commission’s 

environmental review of the Coosa 

River Hydroelectric Project and 

supplements the final environmental 

assessment (FEA), issued December 31, 

2009, for the project. The final SEIS 

focuses on the following issues 

identified by the court as needing 

further analysis and expands upon the 

analysis contained within the FEA for 

these issues: (1) dissolved oxygen; (2) 

fish entrainment and turbine mortality; 

(3) federally listed threatened and 

endangered species; and (4) cumulative 

effects. The final SEIS describes staff’s 

analysis of the applicant’s proposal and 

the alternatives for relicensing the 

project. The final SEIS documents the 

views of governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, affected 

Indian tribes, the public, the license 

applicant, and Commission staff. 

The Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the final SEIS via the 

internet through the Commission’s 

Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov/), using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number (P–2146), 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 question regarding this notice 

may be directed to Aaron Liberty at 

(202) 502–6862 or at aaron.liberty@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: October 6, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22692 Filed 10–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP23–513–000] 

Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC; Notice of 

Schedule for the Preparation of an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Louisiana Connector Pipeline 

Amendment 

On July 14, 2023, Port Arthur 

Pipeline, LLC (Port Arthur) filed an 

application in Docket No. CP23–513– 

000 requesting a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity pursuant to 

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to 

construct and operate certain natural gas 

pipeline facilities. The proposed project 

is known as the Louisiana Connector 

Pipeline Amendment (Amendment), 

and would involve 38 modifications to 

the pipeline alignment, construction 

footprint, and installation methods for 

the Louisiana Connector Project, which 

was approved by the Commission on 

April 18, 2019, in Docket No. CP18–7– 

000. 

On July 28, 2023, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) issued its Notice of Application 

for the Amendment. Among other 

things, that notice alerted agencies 

issuing Federal authorizations of the 

requirement to complete all necessary 

reviews and to reach a final decision on 

a request for a Federal authorization 

within 90 days of the date of issuance 

of the Commission staff’s environmental 

document for the Amendment. 

This notice identifies Commission 

staff’s intention to prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Amendment and the planned schedule 

for the completion of the environmental 

review.1

Schedule for Environmental Review 

Issuance of EA—February 2, 2024 


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