Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2024 / Notices 9143 

1 On November 8, 2023, the City filed an 

application to amend the current license to revise 

Federal lands within the project boundary. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–389–000. 

Applicants: White River Hub, LLC. 

Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate Contract REX 7309 to be 

effective 12/2/2023. 

Filed Date: 2/2/24. 

Accession Number: 20240202–5175. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/14/24. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–391–000. 

Applicants: Sabine Pipe Line LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Settlement petition filing 2024 to be 

effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 2/2/24. 

Accession Number: 20240202–5191. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/14/24. 

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. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercgen

search.asp) by querying the docket 

number. 

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: February 5, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02722 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2821–014] 

City of Portland; Notice of Intent To 

File License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document (PAD), 

Commencement of ILP Pre-Filing 

Process, and Scoping; Request for 

Comments on the PAD and Scoping 

Document, and Identification of Issues 

and Associated Study Requests 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 2821–014. 

c. Dated Filed: December 8, 2023. 

d. Submitted By: City of Portland, 

Portland Water Bureau. 

e. Name of Project: Portland 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Bull Run River in Clackamas and 

Multnomah counties, Oregon, 

approximately 26 miles east of the City 

of Portland. The project boundary does 

not include any Federal lands since a 

land exchange with the U.S. Forest 

Service was completed in 2022.1

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s regulations. 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Shannon 

Mills, Portland Water Bureau; 1120 SW 

5th Avenue, Room 405, Portland, OR 

97204; phone: (971) 347–9870. 

i. FERC Contact: Golbahar 

Mirhosseini, (202) 502–6820 

golbahar.mirhosseini@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 o 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 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR 

part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries under 

section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act and implementing regulations at 50 

CFR 600.920; and (c) the Oregon State 

Historic Preservation Officer, as 

required by section 106, National 

Historic Preservation Act, and the 

implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. By letters dated January 2, 2024, 

and January 17, 2024, we notified the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA 

Fisheries, and the Oregon State Historic 

Preservation Officer that we are 

designating the City of Portland as the 

Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation pursuant to section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act, section 305(b) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, and 

section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review on the Commission’s website 

(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 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). A copy is also available via the 

contact in paragraph h. 

You may register online at https://ferc

online.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx 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 at 

OPP@ferc.gov. 

n. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and Commission 

staff’s Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as 

well as study requests. All comments on 

the PAD and SD1, and study requests 

should be sent to the address above in 

paragraph h. In addition, all comments 

on the PAD and SD1, study requests, 

requests for cooperating agency status, 

and all communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. 


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9144 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2024 / Notices 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file documents 

using the Commission’s eFiling system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC

Online.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. In lieu of 

electronic filing, you may submit a 

paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Deputy Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All 

filings must clearly identify the project 

name and docket number on the first 

page: Portland Hydroelectric Project (P– 

2821–014). 

All filings with the Commission must 

bear the appropriate heading: 

‘‘Comments on Pre-Application 

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ 

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ 

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency 

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and 

from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by April 6, 2024. 

o. Scoping Process: 

In accordance with 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’’). The NEPA document will 

consider both site-specific and 

cumulative environmental effects, and 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. The Commission’s scoping 

process will help determine the 

required level of analysis and satisfy the 

NEPA scoping requirements, 

irrespective of whether the Commission 

prepares an environmental assessment 

or Environmental Impact Statement. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings for the project to 

receive input on the scope of the NEPA 

document. An evening meeting will 

focus on receiving input from the public 

and a daytime meeting will focus on 

concerns of resource agencies, Native 

American tribes, and non-governmental 

organizations (NGO). We invite all 

interested agencies, Native American 

tribes, NGOs, and the public to attend 

one or both meetings to assist us in 

identifying the scope of environmental 

issues that should be analyzed in the 

NEPA document. The dates and times of 

the virtual scoping meetings are listed 

below. 

Evening meeting for the general public 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 

Starting Time: 6:30 p.m. Pacific 

Standard Time (PST) 

Location: Portland Water Bureau, 

Interstate Facility Auditorium, 664 

N. Tillamook Street, Portland, OR 

97227 

Phone Number: (971) 347–9870 

Daytime meeting for resource agencies, 

Tribes, and NGOs 

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 

Starting Time: 10:00 a.m. PST 

Location: Portland Building, 1120 SW 

5th Avenue, Room 108, Portland, 

OR 97204 

Phone Number: (971) 347–9870 

Copies of SD1, outlining the subject 

areas to be addressed in the 

environmental document, was mailed to 

the individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list and City of 

Portland’s PAD distribution list. Copies 

of SD1 may be viewed on the web at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

m. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 may include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, identified 

through the scoping process. 

Environmental Site Visit 

City of Portland and Commission staff 

will hold an environmental site visit of 

the Portland Hydroelectric Project on 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 10 a.m. to 

1:30 p.m. PST. You must register in 

advance if you are interested in 

attending a site visit. Please contact Ms. 

Shannon Mills by email at 

HydroelectricProject@

portlandoregon.gov, or by phone at 971– 

347–9870 before Tuesday February 20, 

2024, if you plan to attend the 

environmental site review. Please note 

that inclement weather may necessitate 

a virtual tour instead of an in-person 

site visit. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, Commission 

staff will: (1) initiate scoping of the 

issues; (2) review and discuss existing 

conditions; (3) review and discuss 

existing information and identify 

preliminary information and study 

needs; (4) review and discuss the 

process plan and schedule for pre-filing 

activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of Federal, State, and Tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the potential of any Federal or 

State agency or Native American tribe to 

act as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. Meeting participants should 

come prepared to discuss their issues 

and/or concerns. Please review City of 

Portland’s PAD in preparation for the 

scoping meetings. Directions on how to 

obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are 

included in item m of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The scoping meetings will be 

recorded by a court reporter, and all 

statements will become part of the 

Commission’s public record for the 

project. 

Agencies, Native American Tribes, 

NGOs, and individuals with 

environmental expertise and concerns 

are encouraged to attend the meetings 

and to assist Commission staff in 

defining and clarifying the issues to be 

addressed in the NEPA document. 

Dated: February 2, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02717 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC24–46–000. 

Applicants: Dogwood Energy LLC. 

Description: Application for 

Authorization Under Section 203 of the 

Federal Power Act of Dogwood Energy 

LLC. 

Filed Date: 2/1/24. 

Accession Number: 20240201–5254. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/22/24. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG24–101–000. 

Applicants: Prescott Wind Energy 

LLC. 

Description: Prescott Wind Energy 

LLC submits Notice of Self–Certification 

of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 


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