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blocked pursuant to a determination by 

the Secretary of State pursuant to E.O. 

13224. 

Consistent with the determination in 

section 10 of E.O. 13224 that prior 

notice to persons determined to be 

subject to the Order who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States would render ineffectual the 

blocking and other measures authorized 

in the Order because of the ability to 

transfer funds instantaneously, I 

determine that no prior notice needs to 

be provided to any person subject to this 

determination who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States, because to do so would render 

ineffectual the measures authorized in 

the Order. 

This notice shall be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: November 16, 2023. 

Antony J. Blinken, 

Secretary of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–AD–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

New Caledonia Generation Site Project 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) intends to prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) or an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) to address the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed 

construction and operation of a 

Combustion Turbine (CT) Plant on a 

parcel of TVA-owned brownfield 

property in Lowndes County, 

Mississippi. The proposed New 

Caledonia Generation Site (NCG) would 

provide approximately 500 Megawatts 

(MW) of new generation capacity. The 

NCG CTs would be composed of six (6) 

natural gas-fired frame CTs. NCG would 

provide flexible and dispatchable 

transmission grid support and facilitate 

the integration of renewable generation 

onto the TVA bulk transmission system, 

consistent with the 2019 Integrated 

Resource Plan (IRP). Public comment is 

invited concerning the scope of the 

environmental review, alternatives 

being considered, and environmental 

issues that should be addressed. TVA is 

also requesting data, information, and 

analysis relevant to the proposed action 

from the public; affected Federal, State, 

Tribal, and local governments, agencies, 

and offices; the scientific community; 

industry; or any other interested party. 

DATES: The public scoping period begins 

with the publication of this Notice of 

Intent in the Federal Register. To ensure 

consideration, comments must be 

postmarked, submitted online, or 

emailed no later than January 19, 2024. 

To facilitate the scoping process, TVA 

will hold an in-person public open 

house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on January 

8, 2024, at the Caledonia Community 

Center; see https://www.tva.com/nepa 

for more information on the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to Erica McLamb, NEPA 

Compliance Specialist, 1101 Market 

Street, BR 2C–C, Chattanooga, 

Tennessee 37402. Comments may also 

be submitted online at: https://

www.tva.com/nepa or by email at 

nepa@tva.gov. The public meeting will 

be held at the Caledonia Community 

Center, located at 205 South St., 

Caledonia, Mississippi 39740. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Erica McLamb by email to nepa@

tva.gov, by phone at (423) 751–8022, or 

by mail at the address above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is provided in accordance with 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508) 

and TVA’s procedures for implementing 

NEPA. TVA is an agency and 

instrumentality of the United States, 

established by an act of Congress in 

1933, to foster the social and economic 

welfare of the people of the Tennessee 

Valley region and to promote the proper 

use and conservation of the region’s 

natural resources. One component of 

this mission is the generation, 

transmission, and sale of reliable and 

affordable electric energy. 

Background 

TVA provides electricity for local 

power companies serving 10 million 

people in Tennessee and parts of six 

surrounding States, as well as directly to 

large industrial customers and Federal 

installations. TVA is fully self-financed 

without Federal appropriations and 

funds virtually all operations through 

electricity sales and power system bond 

financing. The dependable electrical 

capacity on the TVA power system is 

approximately 38,000 MW. TVA 

transmits electricity from generating 

facilities over 16,000 miles of 

transmission lines. 

In June 2019, TVA published an IRP, 

which was developed with input from 

stakeholder groups and the public. The 

2019 IRP evaluated six scenarios 

(plausible futures) and five strategies 

(potential TVA responses to those 

plausible futures) and identified a range 

of potential resource additions and 

retirements throughout the TVA power 

service area, which encompasses 

approximately 80,000 square miles. The 

2019 IRP identified the potential 

addition of up to 500 MW of demand 

response and 2,200 MW of energy 

efficiency (demand-side options); 4,200 

MW of wind; 5,300 MW of storage; 

8,600 MW of CT; 9,800 MW of 

combined cycle (CC); and 14,000 MW of 

solar by 2038. The 2019 IRP 

recommendation optimizes TVA’s 

ability to create a more flexible powergeneration system that can successfully 

integrate increasing amounts of 

renewable energy sources while 

ensuring reliability. Additionally, the 

2019 IRP recommended a series of nearterm actions, including evaluating 

engineering end-of-life dates for aging 

fossil units, to determine whether 

retirements greater than 2,200 MW 

would be appropriate to inform longterm planning. The strategic direction 

established by the 2019 IRP and results 

from recommended near-term actions 

formed the basis for TVA’s asset 

strategy, which continues to support 

affordable, reliable, and cleaner energy 

for customers. As a result of resource 

changes outlined in the asset strategy, 

TVA has a plan for 70% carbon 

reductions by 2030, a path to an 

approximately 80% carbon reductions 

by 2035 and aspires to net-zero carbon 

emissions by 2050 (based on a 2005 

baseline). 

Since the pandemic, TVA has seen a 

strong increase in electric demand. 

Population in the TVA service region 

has grown 1.5%. TVA expects 

continued strong growth in annual 

electric demand through the middle of 

this decade. Forecasted electric demand 

is expected to grow more than one 

percent per year on average between 

2023–2026. Current system modeling 

shows that with increased In-Valley 

residential migration and commercial 

development, TVA must add generation 

capacity to the system to maintain 

adequate operating reserves. 

The NCG Site is an approximately 63- 

acre federally owned brownfield 

property managed by TVA in Lowndes, 

Mississippi, located approximately 10 

miles northeast of Columbus. The NCG 

site was the location of a former CT 

facility, originally constructed in 1998 

and operated for several years by a 

private company. The company 

decommissioned the facility in 2007, 

removing the existing six frame CTs 

from the site. The adjacent TVA 

Lowndes County 161 kV and 500-kV 

Substation is approximately 82 acres 

and has remained in-service. The study 

area for the proposed action is 145 acres 

and includes the entire combustion 


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turbine property as well as the adjacent 

substation property. 

TVA is considering constructing and 

operating a combustion turbine facility 

(with generation capacity of 

approximately 500 MW) at the same 

brownfield location as the previously 

operated generating facility, which 

would allow TVA to utilize existing 

natural gas and transmission 

infrastructure. 

Project Purpose and Need 

The purpose of the proposed action is 

to help provide generation to support 

continued load growth in the TVA 

power service area and TVA’s 

decarbonization goals. TVA needs 

flexible, dispatchable power that can 

successfully integrate increasing 

amounts of renewable energy sources 

while ensuring reliability. The need for 

the Proposed Action is to ensure that 

TVA can meet required year-round 

generation and maximum capacity 

system demands and planning reserve 

margin targets. 

Preliminary Proposed Action and 

Alternatives 

TVA anticipates that the scope of the 

EA or EIS will evaluate a No Action 

Alternative and an Action Alternative. 

The No Action Alternative provides a 

baseline for comparing against the 

Action Alternative. Under the No 

Action Alternative, TVA would not 

redevelop the TVA-owned brownfield 

property in Lowndes County for energy 

generation. The Action Alternative 

would evaluate the development of the 

NCG site for construction and operation 

of a CT. Whether these or other 

alternatives are reasonable warranting 

further consideration under NEPA 

would be determined in the course of 

preparing the EA or EIS. 

Anticipated Environmental Impacts 

The EA or EIS will include a detailed 

evaluation of the environmental, social, 

and economic impacts associated with 

implementation of the proposed action. 

Resource areas to be addressed in the 

EA or EIS include but are not limited to 

air quality; aquatics; botany; climate 

change; cultural resources; emergency 

planning; floodplains; geology and 

groundwater; land use; noise and 

vibration; health and safety; soil erosion 

and surface water; socioeconomics and 

environmental justice; threatened and 

endangered species; transportation; 

visual resources; waste; wetlands; and 

wildlife. Measures to avoid, minimize, 

and mitigate adverse effects will be 

identified and evaluated in the EA or 

EIS. 

Anticipated Permits and Other 

Authorizations 

TVA anticipates seeking required 

permits or authorizations, as 

appropriate. TVA’s proposed action to 

construct a CT may also require 

issuance of an air permit under the 

Clean Air Act, an Individual or 

Nationwide Permit under section 404 of 

the Clean Water Act; section 401 Water 

Quality Certification; a Mississippi 

Large Construction Stormwater Permit; 

conformance with Executive Orders on 

Environmental Justice (12898), 

Wetlands (11990), Floodplain 

Management (11988), Migratory Birds 

(13186), and Invasive Species (13112); 

and compliance with Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act, 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, 

and other applicable local, Federal, and 

State regulations. 

Public Participation and Scoping 

Process 

Scoping, which is integral to the 

process for implementing NEPA, 

provides an early and open process to 

ensure that issues are identified early 

and properly studied; issues of little 

significance do not consume substantial 

time and effort; the draft EA or EIS is 

thorough and balanced; and delays 

caused by an inadequate EA or EIS are 

avoided. TVA seeks comment and 

participation from all interested parties 

for identification of potential 

alternatives, information, and analyses 

relevant to the proposed action in this 

EA or EIS. Public comments received 

during the scoping period will assist 

TVA in determining the appropriate 

level of NEPA review. 

Information about this project is 

available at https://www.tva.com/nepa, 

which includes a link to an online 

public comment page. Comments must 

be received or postmarked no later than 

January 19, 2024. Federal, State, local 

agencies, and Native American Tribes 

are also invited to provide comments. 

Please note that any comments received, 

including names and addresses, will 

become part of the project 

administrative record and will be 

available for public inspection. To 

facilitate the scoping process, TVA will 

hold an in-person public open house 

from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on January 8, 

2024, at the New Caledonia Community 

Center located at 205 South St., 

Caledonia, MS 39740; see the project 

website for more information on the 

meeting. 

EA or EIS Preparation and Schedule 

TVA will consider comments received 

during the scoping period and develop 

a scoping report which will be 

published online. The scoping report 

will summarize public and agency 

comments that were received and 

identify the projected schedule for 

completing the environmental review 

process. TVA will post a draft EA or EIS 

for public review and comment on the 

project website. TVA anticipates 

holding a public open house after 

releasing the draft EA or EIS. TVA 

expects to release the draft EA or EIS in 

Spring or Summer 2024 and a final EA 

or EIS in late 2024. If an EIS is prepared, 

TVA would publish a Record of 

Decision at least 30 days after the 

release of the final EIS. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9. 

Susan Jacks, 

General Manager, Environmental Resource 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26178 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Requesting 

Comments on Qualification and 

Transfer of Credit Under Sections 30D 

and 25E From the Taxpayer to an 

Eligible Entity 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

federal agencies to take this opportunity 

to comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting 

comments concerning Revenue 

Procedure 2023–33 and subsequent 

procedures for making a transfer 

election under Internal Revenue Code 

(IRC) sections 30D and 25E, and 

qualifying vehicles under IRC section 

30D. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before January 29, 2024 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or 

by email to pra.comments@irs.gov. 

Include OMB Control No. 1545–2311 in 

the subject line of the message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 


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