88060 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 20, 2023 / Notices 

1On March 22, 2021, Hydroland Omega, LLC, 

notified the Commission that the Willimantic 

Power Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of 

Hydroland Omega, LLC and replaced Enel Green 

Power North America, Inc. as the parent company. 

2 18 CFR 16.20(c) (2022). 

3The Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure provide that if a filing deadline falls on 

a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other day when the 

Commission is closed for business, the filing 

deadline does not end until the close of business 

on the next business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) 

(2022). Because the 24-month deadline fell on a 

Saturday (i.e., September 30, 2023), the filing 

deadline was extended until the close of business 

on Monday, October 2, 2023. 

4 18 CFR 16.25(a) (2022). 

5 Id. § 16.24(b)(2) (2022). 

Commission’s regulations.1 On October 

23, 2020, Commission staff noticed the 

NOI and approved the use of the 

traditional licensing process (TLP) to 

develop the license application. The 

existing license for Project No. 8047 

expires on September 30, 2025. 

The 684-kilowatt (kW) Willimantic #2 

Project is located on the Willimantic 

River, in Windham County, 

Connecticut. 

The principal project works consist 

of: (1) an upper dam with (i) a 12-foothigh and 175-foot-long granite block 

spillway with a crest elevation of 206.10 

feet mean sea level (msl), (ii) a reservoir 

with a surface area of 2.5 acres, (iii) a 

419-foot long power canal, (iv) 

trashracks with 2-inch clear bar spacing, 

(v) a 275-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter 

penstock, (vi) a powerhouse containing 

a Kaplan turbine-generator unit with an 

installed capacity of 684 kilowatts (kW), 

and (vii) a 50-foot-long tailrace with a 

tailwater elevation of 182.6 feet msl; (2) 

a lower dam with (i) a 15.2-foot-high 

and 125-foot-long granite block spillway 

with a crest elevation of 193.7 feet msl, 

and (ii) a reservoir with a surface area 

of 3.0 acres; (3) 1,000-foot-long, 4,160- 

Volt (V) generator lead, and a 1,500-kVA 

600/2,400–V transformer bank; (4) a 

520-foot-long, 23,500–V transmission 

line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 

project operates run-of-river and 

generates and estimated average of 

1,201,000 kW hours a year. 

Pursuant to section 16.20(c) of the 

Commission’s regulations, an existing 

licensee with a minor license not 

subject to sections 14 and 15 of the 

Federal Power Act must file an 

application for a subsequent license at 

least 24 months prior to the expiration 

of the current license.2 As stated above, 

Willimantic Power Corporation’s NOI 

indicated that it would be filing an 

application for a subsequent license; 

however, it did not file an application 

for a subsequent license or an 

application for an exemption from 

licensing for the Willimantic #2 Project 

by the October 2, 2023 deadline.3

Therefore, pursuant to section 

16.25(a) of the Commission’s 

regulations, we are soliciting 

applications from potential applicants 

other than the existing licensee.4

Interested parties have 90 days from the 

date of this notice to file a NOI to file 

an application for a subsequent license. 

An application for subsequent license or 

exemption for the Willimantic #2 

Project (No. 8047) may be filed within 

18 months of the date of filing the NOI. 

The existing licensee is prohibited from 

filing an application either individually 

or in combination with other entities.5

Questions concerning this notice 

should be directed to Jeanne Edwards at 

(202) 502–6181 or jeanne.edwards@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: December 14, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27982 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2417–067] 

Northern States Power Company; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Soliciting Additional Study Requests 

and Establishing Procedural Schedule 

for Relicensing and 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 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 2417–067. 

c. Date Filed: November 30, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Northern States Power 

Company (Northern States Power). 

e. Name of Project: Hayward 

Hydroelectric Project (Hayward Project). 

f. Location: The Hayward Project is 

located on the Namekagon River in the 

City of Hayward in Sawyer County, 

Wisconsin. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Donald 

Hartinger, Director of Renewable 

Operation-Hydro, Xcel Energy, 414 

Nicollet Mall, 2, Minneapolis, MN 

55401; phone (651) 261–7668; or 

Matthew Miller, Environmental Analyst, 

Xcel Energy, 1414 W Hamilton Ave., 

P.O. Box 8, Eau Claire, WI 54702–0008; 

phone 715–737–1353. 

i. FERC Contact: Laura Washington 

(202) 502–6072, Laura.Washington@

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 (2023). 

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: January 29, 2024. 

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). 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, Maryland 

20852. The first page of any filing 

should include docket number P–2417– 

067. 

m. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The existing Hayward Project 

consists of the following existing 

facilities: (1) a 246.9-acre reservoir; (2) 

a 442-foot-long the concrete overflow 

dam; (3) a 18-foot-wide, 24-foot long 

powerhouse with intake channel 

containing one S. Morgan Smith vertical 

Francis-Type turbine with a total 

installed capacity of 0.168 megawatts; 


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(4) a tailrace; (5) a 150-foot-long 

underground transmission line. 

Northern States Power is not proposing 

any changes to project facilities or 

operation. 

o. A copy of the application can 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. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (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: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule will be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).February 2024. 

Request Additional Information 

(if necessary).

February 2024. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments.

May 2024. 

Issue Acceptance Letter ............. June 2024. 

Request Additional Information 

(if necessary).

July 2024. 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if 

necessary).

August 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: December 14, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27986 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2570–000] 

Eagle Creek Racine Hydro, LLC; Notice 

of Authorization for Continued Project 

Operation 

The license for the Racine 

Hydroelectric Project No. 2570 was 

issued for a period ending November 30, 

2023. 

Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 

808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at 

the expiration of a license term, to issue 

from year-to-year an annual license to 

the then licensee(s) under the terms and 

conditions of the prior license until a 

new license is issued, or the project is 

otherwise disposed of as provided in 

section 15 or any other applicable 

section of the FPA. If the project’s prior 

license waived the applicability of 

section 15 of the FPA, then, based on 

section 9(b) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as 

set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the 

licensee of such project has filed an 

application for a subsequent license, the 

licensee may continue to operate the 

project in accordance with the terms 

and conditions of the license after the 

minor or minor part license expires, 

until the Commission acts on its 

application. If the licensee of such a 

project has not filed an application for 

a subsequent license, then it may be 

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), 

to continue project operations until the 

Commission issues someone else a 

license for the project or otherwise 

orders disposition of the project. 

If the project is subject to section 15 

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that 

an annual license for Project No. 2570 

is issued to Eagle Creek Racine Hydro, 

LLC for a period effective December 1, 

2023, through November 30, 2024, or 

until the issuance of a new license for 

the project or other disposition under 

the FPA, whichever comes first. If 

issuance of a new license (or other 

disposition) does not take place on or 

before November 30, 2024, notice is 

hereby given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 

16.18(c), an annual license under 

section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is renewed 

automatically without further order or 

notice by the Commission, unless the 

Commission orders otherwise. 

If the project is not subject to section 

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given 

that Eagle Creek Racine Hydro, LLC is 

authorized to continue operation of the 

Racine Hydroelectric Project under the 

terms and conditions of the prior license 

until the issuance of a subsequent 

license for the project or other 

disposition under the FPA, whichever 

comes first. 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27882 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2445–028] 

Green Mountain Power Corporation; 

Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule 

for Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Project Relicense 

On December 23, 2021, Green 

Mountain Power Corporation filed an 

application for a subsequent license to 

continue to operate and maintain the 

275-kilowatt Center Rutland 

Hydroelectric Project No. 2445 (Center 

Rutland Project). On April 28, 2023, 

Commission staff issued a notice of 

intent to prepare an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects 

of relicensing the Center Rutland 

Project. The notice of intent included a 

schedule for preparing the EA. 

By this notice, Commission staff is 

updating the procedural schedule for 

completing the EA. The revised 

schedule is shown below. Further 

revisions to the schedule may be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Issue EA ............................ February 2024. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Steve Kartalia at 

(202) 502–6131, or by email at 

stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov. 

Dated: December 14, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27992 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 5867–054] 

Alice Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Revised Procedural Schedule for 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Project Relicense 

On September 29, 2021, Alice Falls 

Hydro, LLC filed an application for a 


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