11268 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2024 / Notices 

1National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 

amended (Pub. L. 91–190. 42 U.S.C. 4321 through 

4347, as amended by Pub. L. 94–52, July 3, 1975, 

Pub. L. 94–83, August 9, 1975, Pub. L. 97–258, sec. 

4(b), September 13, 1982, Pub. L. 118–5, June 3, 

2023). 

2 40 CFR parts 1500–1508. 

3 18 CFR part 380. 

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 February 9, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03017 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14861–002] 

FFP Project 101, LLC; Notice of 

Availability of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Goldendale 

Energy Storage Project 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969,1 the 

Council Environmental Quality 

regulations for implementing NEPA,2

and the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations,3 the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects has reviewed the 

application for license for the 

Goldendale Energy Storage Project No. 

14861–002 and has prepared a final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the project. The closed-loop pumped 

storage project would be located 

approximately 8 miles southeast of the 

City of Goldendale, Klickitat County, 

Washington, with transmission facilities 

extending into Sherman County, 

Oregon. The project would occupy 18.1 

acres of lands owned by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (Corps) and 

administered by the Bonneville Power 

Administration. The Corps participated 

as a cooperating agency to prepare the 

EIS. 

The final EIS contains staff’s analysis 

of the applicant’s proposal and the 

alternatives for licensing the Goldendale 

Energy Storage Project. The final EIS 

documents the views of governmental 

agencies, non-governmental 

organizations, affected Native-American 

Tribes, the public, the license applicant, 

and Commission staff. 

The final EIS also may be viewed on 

the Commission’s website at http://

www.ferc.gov under 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). 

You may also register online at 

https://ferconline.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. 

For further information, please 

contact Michael Tust at (202) 502–6522 

or at michael.tust@ferc.gov. 

Dated: February 8, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03052 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2701–061] 

Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; 

Notice of Settlement Agreement and 

Soliciting Comments 

Take notice that the following 

settlement agreement has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Settlement 

Agreement. 

b. Project No.: 2701–061. 

c. Date Filed: February 2, 2024. 

d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard 

Hydropower, L.P. (Erie). 

e. Name of Project: West Canada 

Creek Hydroelectric Project (West 

Canada Creek Project). 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on West Canada Creek, a 

tributary of the Mohawk River, in the 

counties of Oneida and Herkimer, New 

York. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602. 

h. Applicant Contact: Steven Murphy, 

Director, Licensing, Brookfield 

Renewable, 33 West 1st Street South, 

Fulton, NY 13069, (315) 598–6130, 

steven.murphy@

brookfieldrenewable.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Laurie Bauer, (202) 

502–6519, laurie.bauer@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments: March 

9, 2024. Reply comments due March 24, 

2024. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments 

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, 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 docket number P–2701–061. 

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. Erie filed the Settlement Agreement 

for the project’s relicense proceeding, on 

behalf of itself; the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; the New York State Department 

of Environmental Conservation; and the 

New York State Council of Trout 

Unlimited. The purpose of the 

Settlement Agreement is to resolve, 

among the signatories, relicensing issues 

related to project operation, fisheries, 


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