74164 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 208 / Monday, October 30, 2023 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. PP–334–1] 

Notice of Availability of Amended 

Record of Decision for Issuing a 

Presidential Permit to Energia Sierra 

Juarez U.S. Transmission, LLC, for the 

Energia Sierra Juarez U.S. 

Transmission Line Project 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Grid Deployment Office 

(GDO) of the Department of Energy 

(DOE) gives notice of an Amended 

Record of Decision (ROD) published 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and DOE’s 

NEPA implementing regulations. This 

Amended ROD supports DOE’s decision 

to amend the existing Presidential 

permit issued to Energia Sierra Juarez 

U.S. Transmission, LLC (ESJ), to 

construct, operate, maintain, and 

connect a double-circuit, 230,000-volt 

(230-kV) electric transmission line (ESJ 

Tie Line) across the U.S.-Mexico border 

in eastern San Diego County, California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Gomer, Grid Deployment 

Office (GD–20), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, by phone at 

(240) 474–2403, or by email at 

electricity.exports@hq.doe.gov. 

For general information on the DOE 

NEPA process, contact Brian Costner, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance (GC–54), U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585; by email at 

askNEPA@hq.doe.gov; or by facsimile at 

(202) 586–7031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with issuance of a 

Presidential permit to authorize the 

construction of ESJ’s proposed 

transmission line and operation of the 

line with a capacity to transmit up to 

1,250 megawatts (MW) were analyzed in 

the Energia Sierra Juarez U.S. 

Transmission Line Project Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS)(DOE/EIS–0414) issued in 2012 

and Supplemental to the Energia Sierra 

Juarez U.S. Transmission Line Project 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(SEIS) (DOE/EIS–0414–S1) issued in 

2018. 

Although DOE analyzed the 

environmental impacts of up to 1,250 

MW in the FEIS and SEIS, DOE issued 

a Record of Decision (ROD) and 

Presidential Permit No. PP–334, both in 

August of 2012, which conditioned the 

maximum non-simultaneous rate of 

transmission over the permitted 

facilities to no-greater-than 400 MW 

(Article 3, of PP–334). The permit 

condition limiting the rate of 

transmission to 400 MW was not based 

on any concerns about environmental 

impacts disclosed in the FEIS. Rather, 

this limit was included in the permit 

because grid reliability studies at the 

time were completed only for the 

interconnection of an initial 400 MW of 

electrical output. 

On May 18, 2022, ESJ submitted an 

application requesting that DOE amend 

Article 3 of PP–334 to increase the 

maximum authorized rate of 

transmission across the approved 

facilities to 700 MW (Proposed Action). 

GDO has evaluated the environmental 

effects of the Proposed Action in 

Supplemental Analysis Regarding the 

Energia Sierra Juarez U.S. Transmission 

Line Project Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (SA) (DOE/EIS–0414– 

S1–SA–1). In this ROD, DOE announces 

its decision to issue an amended 

Presidential permit (PP–334–1) to 

increase the operational limit from 400 

MW to 700 MW. The FEIS, SEIS, SA, 

and ROD are available on the DOE 

NEPA website at: www.energy.gov/ 

nepa/articles/doeeis-0414-amendedrecord-decision. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on October 24, 2023, 

by Maria D. Robinson, Director, Grid 

Deployment Office, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 24, 

2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23834 Filed 10–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER24–181–000] 

Frankland Road Solar, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of 

Frankland Road Solar, LLC’s application 

for market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is November 

13, 2023. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

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service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

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eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

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may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

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docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

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Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

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