Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2024 / Notices 6101 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) invites public comment on a 

proposed collection of information that 

DOE is developing for submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before March 1, 2024. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at (202) 395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aisha Miranda Rivera, Department of 

Energy, Grid Deployment Office, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Suite 4H– 

065, Washington, DC 20585; (240) 429– 

5213; aisha.miranda-rivera@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the extended 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

This information collection request 

contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5200; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Titled: Puerto Rico Energy Resiliency 

Fund (PR–ERF), Household Intake 

Form; 

(3) Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

(4) Purpose: To authorize the use of 

the ‘Household Intake Form’ to collect 

homeowner data necessary to qualify 

households as eligible to receive rooftop 

solar and battery storage installations as 

prescribed under the DOE Grid 

Deployment Office’s (GDO) PR–ERF. 

Eligibility is limited to very low-income, 

single-family households that (1) reside 

in a Last Mile Community and/or (2) 

include an individual with an energydependent disability. 

The PR–ERF, a $1 billion initiative 

authorized by Congress under the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2023, Public Law 117–328, will 

incentivize the installation of rooftop 

solar and battery storage technologies 

for eligible households. 

GDO plans to initiate installations of 

solar PV and battery storage systems 

before the 2024 hurricane season to 

address the harm and risk represented 

by the fragility of the islands’ power 

system. Failure to collect the 

information necessary to verify 

eligibility in a timely manner will cause 

delays in providing assistance necessary 

to reestablish the reliability of electric 

service to these vulnerable residents. 

This narrow scope in purpose 

necessitates the need for a diligent 

verification process to demonstrate to 

Congress, Senior Leadership, and the 

public that this specific demographic 

has been served. GDO developed an inperson application process recognizing 

that the demographic served will lack 

access to broadband and have limited 

mobility but that it is essential to 

program operation to verify beneficiary 

eligibility for participation in the 

program. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 40,160; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 80,000; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 56,800; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $845,520; 

Statutory Authority: The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2023, Public Law 

117–328, directs the Department of 

Energy to improve the resilience of the 

Puerto Rican electric grid, including 

grants for low-and-moderate-income 

households and households that include 

individuals with disabilities for the 

purchase and installation of renewable 

energy, energy storage, and other grid 

technologies. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on January 22, 2024, 

by Maria D. Robinson, 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 January 26, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01875 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 20–117; 703–001] 

PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare 

an Environmental Assessment 

On March 16, 2023, PacifiCorp filed 

an application for a non-capacity 

amendment for the Bear River 

Hydroelectric Project No. 20 and an 

application for surrender of the conduit 

exemption for the Paris Hydroelectric 

Project No. 703. The Bear River Project 

is located on Bear River in Franklin and 

Caribou counties, Idaho, and occupies 

Federal lands administered by the U.S. 

Forest Service and U.S. Bureau of Land 

Management. The Paris Project is 

located on Paris Creek in Bear Lake 

County, Idaho, and does not occupy 

Federal lands. 

PacifiCorp’s proposal to surrender the 

Paris Project conduit exemption (P–703) 

is part of a larger habitat restoration 

effort proposed by PacifiCorp and the 

parties to a relicensing settlement 

agreement for PacifiCorp’s Bear River 

Hydroelectric Project (P–20). PacifiCorp 

proposes to decommission the Paris 

Project and stop the diversion of water 

from Paris Creek into the irrigation 

canal that serves the Paris Project. After 

decommissioning and surrender, flows 

currently diverted through the canal 

would be returned to Paris Creek for the 

enhancement and restoration of 

approximately 3.5 miles of cold-water 

habitat for Bonneville Cutthroat Trout in 

the currently bypassed reach of Paris 

Creek. To partially mitigate the cost of 

the proposed decommissioning of the 

Paris Project, PacifiCorp proposes to 

amend the license for the Bear River 

Project to reduce the minimum instream 

flow requirement in the Grace 

Development’s bypassed reach. This 

reduction in required minimum 

instream flow would allow PacifiCorp to 


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6102 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2024 / Notices 

1 42 U.S.C. 4336a(g)(1)(B) requires lead Federal 

agencies to complete EAs within 1 year of the 

agency’s decision to prepare an EA. 

increase hydroelectric generation at the 

Grace Development to offset lost 

generation associated with the Paris 

Project decommissioning. A Notice of 

Amendment and Surrender 

Applications Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions to 

Intervene, and Protests was issued on 

July 21, 2023. The State of Idaho filed 

comments and a motion to intervene. 

This notice identifies Commission 

staff’s intention to prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

proposed action. The planned schedule 

for the completion of the EA is May 

2024.1 Revisions to the schedule may be 

made as appropriate. The EA will be 

issued and made available for review by 

all interested parties. All comments 

filed on the EA will be reviewed by staff 

and considered in the Commission’s 

final decision on the proceeding. 

With this notice, the Commission is 

inviting Federal, State, local, and Tribal 

agencies with jurisdiction and/or 

special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues affected by the 

proposal to cooperate in the preparation 

of the EA planned to be issued May 

2024. Agencies wishing to cooperate, or 

further discuss the benefits, 

responsibilities, and obligations of the 

cooperating agency role, should contact 

staff listed at the bottom of this notice 

by February 14, 2024. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of any environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

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 to 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 questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Jennifer Ambler at 

(202) 502–8586 or jennifer.ambler@

ferc.gov, or Holly Frank at (202) 502– 

6833 or holly.frank@ferc.gov. 

Dated: January 24, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01840 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings # 2 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1005–000. 

Applicants: American Electric Power 

Service Corporation, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

American Electric Power Service 

Corporation submits tariff filing per 35: 

AEP submits Informational Filing about 

Att. 1 of ILDSA, SA No. 1336 to be 

effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 1/25/24. 

Accession Number: 20240125–5092. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/15/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1006–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2024–01–25_SA 3435 Entergy 

Mississippi-Wildwood Solar 2nd Rev 

GIA (J908) to be effective 3/26/2024. 

Filed Date: 1/25/24. 

Accession Number: 20240125–5095. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/15/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1007–000. 

Applicants: Black Hills Colorado 

Electric, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Unreserved Use Penalty and 

Transmission Planning Updates to be 

effective 3/26/2024. 

Filed Date: 1/25/24. 

Accession Number: 20240125–5106. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/15/24. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercgen

search.asp) by querying the docket 

number. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the 

specified comment date. Protests may be 

considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (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: January 25, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01901 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2660–038] 

Woodland Pulp, LLC; Notice of 

Application for Surrender of License 

Accepted for Filing, Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Surrender of 

License. 

b. Project No: 2660–038. 

c. Date Filed: October 31, 2023, and 

supplemented December 15, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Woodland Pulp, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Forest City Storage 

Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the East Branch of the St. Croix River in 

Washington and Aroostook counties, 

Maine. The project does not occupy 

federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Steve Strout, 

144 Main Street, Baileyville, ME 04694, 

steve.strout@igic.com, 207–214–4628. 

i. FERC Contact: Michael Calloway, 

(202) 502–8041, Michael.calloway@

ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating Agencies: With this 

notice, the Commission is inviting 

federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies 

with jurisdiction and/or special 

expertise with respect to environmental 

issues affected by the proposal, that 

wish to cooperate in the preparation of 

any environmental document, if 

applicable, to follow the instructions for 

filing such requests described in item k 

below. Cooperating agencies should 


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