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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, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–943–144. 

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 15, 2024. 

p. 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. 

q. The Commission’s scoping process 

will help determine the required level of 

analysis and satisfy the National 

Environmental Policy Act (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 in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024. 

Time: 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (PDT). 

Location: Confluence Technology 

Center—Quad Room, 285 Technology 

Center Way, Wenatchee, WA 98801, 

Phone: (509) 661–3118. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024. 

Time: 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. (PDT). 

Location: Confluence Technology 

Center—Quad Room, 285 Technology 

Center Way, Wenatchee, WA 98801, 

Phone: (509) 661–3118. 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the web 

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

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

n. 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 Review 

The applicant and Commission staff 

will conduct an environmental site 

review of the project on Wednesday, 

March 13, 2024, starting at 11:45 a.m. 

(PDT). 

All interested individuals, agencies, 

tribes, and NGOs are invited to attend. 

Bus transportation will be provided 

during the site visit for registered 

participants. Participants should meet 

at11:45 a.m. at the Former Chelan PUD 

Headquarters building parking lot, 321 

N Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, WA 

98801. Please contact Janel Ulrich with 

Chelan PUD at (609) 661–4400, or via 

email at Janel.Ulrich@chelanpud.org, on 

or before March 1, 2024, if you plan to 

attend the environmental site review. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling 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 appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

n. of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

Commission staff are moderating the 

scoping meetings. The meetings are 

recorded by an independent 

stenographer and become part of the 

formal record of the Commission 

proceeding on the project. Individuals, 

NGOs, Indian tribes, and agencies with 

environmental expertise and concerns 

are encouraged to attend the meeting 

and to assist the staff in defining and 

clarifying the issues to be addressed in 

the NEPA document. 

Dated: February 13, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03428 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP24–398–000. 

Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate Agreement Update 

(TMV Feb 14 2024) to be effective 2/14/ 

2024. 

Filed Date: 2/13/24. 

Accession Number: 20240213–5071. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/24. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–399–000. 

Applicants: Millennium Pipeline 

Company, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Annual Report of Operational 

Transactions 2024 to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 2/13/24. 

Accession Number: 20240213–5077. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/24. 

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 


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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/ 

fercgensearch.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 13, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03433 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2165–112] 

Alabama Power Company; Notice of 

Application for Temporary Variance of 

Article 407 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: Request for 

Temporary Variance of Minimum Flow 

Requirement Pursuant to Article 407. 

b. Project No: 2165–112. 

c. Date Filed: January 18, 2024. 

d. Applicant: Alabama Power 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: Warrior River 

Project. 

f. Location: The project is located in 

north central Alabama on the Black 

Warrior River, and on the Sipsey Fork 

2 in Cullman, Walker, and Winston 

counties; and in west central Alabama 

on the Black Warrior River in 

Tuscaloosa County. The project 

occupies federal lands administered by 

the U.S. Forest Service and by the 

Bureau of Land Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Candace R. 

Meadows, Hydro Licensing Specialist, 

crmeadow@southernco.com, (205) 257– 

1499. 

i. FERC Contact: Jason Krebill, (202) 

502–8268, Jason.Krebill@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 

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). 

k. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

March 14, 2024. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests using 

the Commission’s eFiling system at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. 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, 

Acting 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, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The first page of any filing should 

include the docket number P–2165–112. 

Comments emailed to Commission staff 

are not considered part of the 

Commission record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears 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. 

l. Description of Request: The licensee 

is seeking a temporary variance from 

license Article 407 minimum flow 

requirements of the Warrior River 

Project for a period of six months, 

ranging from June 1 through November 

30, 2024. Article 407 requires the 

licensee to release a minimum flow of 

50 cubic feet per second (cfs) from the 

Smith dam. The licensee is requesting a 

variance to allow for reconfiguration of 

the minimum flow systems on both Unit 

1 and Unit 2, to correct degradation of 

the existing system. The licensee 

anticipates beginning work as early as 

June, however, the exact start date will 

depend on flow conditions. Only one 

unit’s minimum flow system will be 

modified, tested, and optimized at a 

time. During each unit’s modification, 

approximately 25 cfs will be released 

from the other unit. However, 

approximately 50 cfs would be released 

whenever both units are available. The 

licensee anticipates meeting state water 

quality standards in accordance with its 

401 Water Quality Certification. 

m. Locations of the Application: This 

filing may 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. 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, call 1–866–208–3676 or 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for 

TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may 

obtain copies of the application directly 

from the applicant. 

n. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

o. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, 

respectively. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 


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