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1All elevations are National Geodetic Vertical 

Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29). 

2See Order Amending License, Revising Project 

Description, Revising Annual Charges, and 

Approving Revised Exhibit M issued September 27, 

2002. Idaho Power Company, 180 FERC ¶ 62,170 

(2022). Following turbine maintenance that 

commenced in October 2022 and will extend 

through 2025, each of the turbines will have a rated 

hydraulic capacity of 4,705 cfs at 88 feet net head. 

Any person desiring to protest in any 

the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the 

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 

385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

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 7, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02916 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2736–046] 

Idaho Power Company; Notice of 

Application Ready for Environmental 

Analysis and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2736–046. 

c. Date filed: February 14, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company. 

e. Name of Project: American Falls 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The American Falls 

project is located on the Snake River in 

Power County, Idaho, near the city of 

American Falls, about 25 miles 

southwest of Pocatello. The project is 

located at the American Falls Dam, 

owned and operated by the United 

States Bureau of Reclamation. The 

project occupies 7.37 acres of United 

States land administered by the U.S. 

Bureau of Reclamation in Power 

County, Idaho. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Andrea L. 

Courtney, Hydro Licensing Leader, 

Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70, 

1221 W Idaho St., Boise, ID 83702; (208) 

388–2655; or email at ACourtney@

idahopower.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Golbahar 

Mirhosseini at Golbahar.Mirhosseini@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days 

from the issuance date of this notice; 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions 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: 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: American Falls Project (P–2736– 

046). 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

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. This application has been accepted 

and is now ready for environmental 

analysis. 

l. The American Falls dam and 

spillway are owned and operated by the 

Bureau of Reclamation; these features 

are not project facilities or contained 

within the project boundary. The 

concrete gravity dam has a structural 

height of 103.5 feet and a crest length of 

5,277 feet, width of 42.5 feet and 

elevation of 4,366.5 feet.1 The spillway 

has a crest elevation of 4,333 feet. 

Reclamation operates and manages the 

reservoir for irrigation delivery, power 

generation, flood control, fish and 

wildlife, and recreation benefits. The 

reservoir has a maximum storage 

capacity of 2,672,590 acre-feet and 1.7 

million acre-feet of usable storage 

capacity. Its water surface elevation 

fluctuates between 4,295.7 feet and 

4,354.5 feet and reservoir’s maximum 

surface area is 58,000 acres. 

Three 18-foot-diameter steel-lined 

penstocks begin at the dam intake and 

extend 300 feet downstream to the 

American Falls project’s turbines. 

Reclamation’s ownership and 

maintenance of the penstocks begins at 

the intake and extends downstream 

approximately 60 feet to the coupling 

pit. Idaho Power’s ownership and 

maintenance of the penstocks begins at 

the coupling pit and extends 

downstream to the Project’s turbines. 

From the coupling pit, each of the 

project’s 18-foot-diameter penstocks 

extend approximately 240 feet 

downstream to each of the project’s 

three 22.5-megawatt (MW) Kaplan 

turbine-generator units contained in a 

reinforced concrete powerhouse. The 

total installed project capacity is 67.5 

MW.2 Water is discharged from the 

powerhouse directly to the Snake River. 

Electricity generated at the 

powerhouse is transmitted to the 

electric grid via a switchyard upstream 

of the powerhouse containing a 13.8/ 

138-kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer. 

From there power is transmitted over a 

2,300-foot-long, 138-kV overhead 

transmission line to the American Falls 

Switchyard. The American Falls project 

generates an average of 395,000 

megawatt-hours (MWh) annually. 


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Project recreation facilities include: 

Trenner Memorial Park, American Falls 

Park, an improved fishing and access 

area, and the Oregon Trail Boat Ramp 

(Power County Boat Ramp). 

The American Falls project operates 

in a run-of-release mode, which means 

it only uses flows released to the project 

by Reclamation. More specifically, 

power generation is seasonally dictated 

as reservoir levels and irrigation flow 

deliveries are set by Reclamation. 

m. 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 

Online Support. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or 

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

recommendations, terms and conditions 

or prescriptions must set forth their 

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

Each filing must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed on 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

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. 

You may also register online at 

https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC

Online.aspx to be notified via email of 

new filings and issuances related to this 

or other pending projects. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. The applicant must file no later 

than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. Please note that the 

certification request must comply with 

40 CFR 121.5(b), including 

documentation that a pre-filing meeting 

request was submitted to the certifying 

authority at least 30 days prior to 

submitting the certification request. 

Please also note that the certification 

request must be sent to the certifying 

authority and to the Commission 

concurrently. 

o. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Deadline for Filing Comments, 

Recommendations, and Agency Terms and Conditions/Prescriptions.

April 2024. 

Licensee’s Reply to REA Comments.May 2024. 

p. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

Dated: February 7, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02921 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–37–000] 

Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Scoping Period Requesting 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

for the Proposed Amoco South Pecan 

Lake Abandonment Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental document, that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Amoco South Pecan Lake 

Abandonment Project (Project), 

involving abandonment of obsolete 

pipeline and abandonment of pipeline 

and appurtenant facilities by removal by 

Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC 

(Columbia Gulf) in Cameron Parish, 

Louisiana. The Commission will use 

this environmental document in its 

decision-making process to determine 

whether the Project is in the public 

convenience and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies regarding the 

Project. As part of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review process, the Commission takes 

into account concerns the public may 

have about proposals and the 

environmental impacts that could result 

from its action whenever it considers 

the issuance of a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity. This 

gathering of public input is referred to 

as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the 

scoping process is to focus the analysis 

in the environmental document on the 

important environmental issues. 

Additional information about the 

Commission’s NEPA process is 

described below in the NEPA Process 

and Environmental Document section of 

this notice. 

By this notice, the Commission 

requests public comments on the scope 

of issues to address in the 

environmental document. To ensure 

that your comments are timely and 

properly recorded, please submit your 

comments so that the Commission 

receives them in Washington, DC on or 

before 5 p.m. eastern time on March 8, 

2024. Comments may be submitted in 

written form. Further details on how to 

submit comments are provided in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives, and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the environmental 

document. Commission staff will 

consider all written comments during 

the preparation of the environmental 

document. 

If you submitted comments on this 

Project to the Commission before the 

opening of this docket on January 25, 

2024, you will need to file those 

comments in Docket No. CP24–37–000 

to ensure they are considered as part of 

this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this Project. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed Project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 


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