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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: November 14, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25592 Filed 11–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2444–042] 

Northern States Power Corporation; 

Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Subsequent 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 2444–042. 

c. Date Filed: July 21, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Northern States Power 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: White River 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: On the White River in 

Ashland and Bayfield Counties, 

Wisconsin. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew 

Miller, Environmental Analyst, 

Northern States Power Company— 

Wisconsin, 1414 W Hamilton Avenue, 

P.O. Box 8, Eau Claire, WI 54702; Phone 

at (715) 737–1353, or email at 

matthew.j.miller@xcelenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Taconya D. Goar at 

(202) 502–8394, or Taconya.Goar@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for Filing Scoping 

Comments: December 13, 2023. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file scoping 

comments using the Commission’s 

eFiling system at https://ferconline.

ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters 

can submit brief comments up to 6,000 

characters, without prior registration, 

using the eComment system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/

QuickComment.aspx. 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, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). 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 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. 

All filings must clearly identify the 

project name and docket number on the 

first page: White River Hydroelectric 

Project P–2444–042. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person on the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

k. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. Project Description: The White 

River Project includes an earthen and 

concrete dam that includes: (1) a 400- 

foot-long north earthen embankment; (2) 

a concrete section that includes: (a) a 

north abutment; (b) a 20-foot-long intake 

structure equipped with a trashrack; (c) 

a 35-foot-high spillway with two 25- 

foot-long bays that each contain a 

Tainter gate; and (d) a south abutment; 

and (3) a 300-foot-long south earthen 

embankment. The dam creates an 

impoundment that has a surface area of 

39.9 acres at a normal elevation of 711.6 

feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 

1929 (NGVD 29). From the 

impoundment, water flows through the 

intake structure to a 1,345-foot-long 

concrete pipe that conveys water to a 

steel surge tank and two 30-foot-long 

steel penstocks. The penstocks provide 

water to a 700-kilowatt (kW) turbinegenerator and a 500-kW turbinegenerator located in a powerhouse, for 

a total installed capacity of 1,200 kW. 

Water is discharged from the turbines to 

the White River. Electricity generated at 

the project is transmitted to the electric 

grid via a 220-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt 

(kV) transmission line and a 2.4/69-kV 

step-up transformer. The average annual 

energy production of the White River 

Project from 2017 through 2022 was 

4,927 megawatt-hours. 

Project recreation facilities include: 

(1) a boat access site and canoe portage 

take-out site at the north embankment of 

the dam; (2) an approximately 2,260- 

foot-long canoe portage trail; (3) a canoe 

put-in site approximately 90 feet 

downstream of the powerhouse; and (4) 

a tailrace fishing area. 

The current license requires Northern 

States Power to operate in a run-of-river 

mode and to maintain the impoundment 

at an elevation between 710.4 and 711.6 

feet NGVD 29. The license also a 

minimum bypassed reach flow of 16 

cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow, 

whichever is less. 

Northern States Power does not 

propose to add any new project 

facilities. However, Northern States 

Power proposes to decrease the amount 

of land and water enclosed by the 

project boundary from 136.4 to 52.7 

acres. 

Northern States Power proposes to 

continue operating the project in a runof-river mode and maintaining the 

surface elevation of the impoundment 

between 710.4 and 711.6 feet NGVD 29. 

Northern States Power also proposes to: 

(1) continue releasing a minimum 

bypassed reach flow of 16 cfs or inflow, 

whichever is less; (2) develop an 

operation compliance monitoring plan; 

(3) conduct shoreline erosion surveys 

every ten years; (4) develop an invasive 

species monitoring plan; (5) pass woody 

debris from the impoundment to the 

bypassed reach; (6) replace recreational 

signage; (7) maintain project recreation 

facilities; (8) implement the State of 

Wisconsin’s broad incidental take 

permits/authorizations for Wisconsin 

cave bats and wood turtles; (9) avoid 

vegetation management and 

construction activities within 660 feet of 

bald eagle nests during the nesting 

season; and (10) develop a historic 

properties management plan. 

m. A copy of the application can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website at 

https://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the project’s 

docket number excluding the last three 

digits in the docket number field to 

access the document (P–2444). For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

You may also register 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, please 

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 


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interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202)502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

n. Scoping Process: Pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), Commission staff will prepare 

either an environmental assessment 

(EA) or an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) (collectively referred to 

as the ‘‘NEPA document’’) that describes 

and evaluates the probable effects, 

including an assessment of the sitespecific and cumulative effects, if any, 

of the proposed action and alternatives. 

The Commission’s scoping process will 

help determine the required level of 

analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping 

requirements, irrespective of whether 

the Commission issues an EA or an EIS. 

At this time, we do not anticipate 

holding on-site scoping meetings. 

Instead, we are soliciting written 

comments and suggestions on the 

preliminary list of issues and 

alternatives to be addressed in the 

NEPA document, as described in 

scoping document 1 (SD1), issued 

November 13, 2023. 

Copies of the SD1 outlining the 

proposed project and subject areas to be 

addressed in the NEPA document were 

distributed to the parties on the 

Commission’s mailing list and the 

applicant’s distribution list. Copies of 

SD1 may be viewed on the web at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above). 

Dated: November 13, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25529 Filed 11–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER24–377–000] 

Devon Energy Production Company, 

LP; 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 Devon 

Energy Production Company, LP’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 December 4, 

2023. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

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 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (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. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (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: November 14, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25589 Filed 11–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0356; FRL–11360–01– 

OCSPP] 

Issuance of Experimental Use Permits 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has granted experimental 

use permits (EUP) to the following 

pesticide applicants. An EUP permits 

use of a pesticide for experimental or 

research purposes only in accordance 

with the limitations in the permit. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madison Le, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division (7511M), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

main telephone number: (202) 566– 

1400; email address: BPPDFRNotices@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0356 is available 

at https://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 


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