Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2024 / Notices 11267 

1On January 17, 2023, Basin Electric also filed a 

revised Application in response to DOE feedback on 

its November filing. The references to the 

Application in this notice reflect the latest revisions 

submitted by Basin Electric. 

related What Works Clearinghouse 

(WWC) Practice Guide, ‘‘Teaching 

Strategies for Improving Algebra 

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Students.’’ The toolkit contains the 

following three parts: (1) Initial 

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Evidence-Based Practice. 

This study will assess whether 

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Dated: February 9, 2024. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03067 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. PP–503] 

Application for Presidential Permit; 

Basin Electric Power Cooperative 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Basin Electric Power 

Cooperative (the Applicant or Basin 

Electric) has filed an application 

requesting a new Presidential permit to 

allow for the construction, connection, 

operation, and maintenance of facilities 

for transmission of electric energy at the 

international border between North 

Dakota and Saskatchewan, Canada. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before March 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene should be 

addressed by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Gomer, (240) 474–2403, 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued by the 

Secretary of Energy pursuant to 

Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as 

amended by E.O. 12038. On April 10, 

2023, the authority to issue such 

permits was delegated to the DOE’s Grid 

Deployment Office by Delegation Order 

No. S1–DEL–S3–2023 and Redelegation 

Order No. S3–DEL–GD1–2023. 

On November 9, 2023, Basin Electric 

filed an application (Application or 

App.) with the Department of Energy 

(DOE) for a Presidential Permit to 

construct the Tande and Wheelock to 

Saskatchewan 230-kV Transmission 

Project.1 App. at 1. 

Basin Electric is an electric power 

generation and transmission cooperative 

headquartered in Bismarck, North 

Dakota. Id. The Applicant generates and 

transmits wholesale electricity to 141- 

member rural electric cooperatives 

located in a nine-state service area, 

which serves three million customers on 

their respective systems. Id. 

Basin Electric’s proposed project 

‘‘includes two new 230-kV electric 

transmission lines from existing 

substations in North Dakota (ND) to the 

Canadian Border.’’ Id. According to the 

Application, Saskatchewan Power 

Corporation (SaskPower), ‘‘a generation 

and transmission provider in 

Saskatchewan, will construct the 

transmission lines from the border to a 

new substation in Canada, 

approximately five miles north of the 

border.’’ Id. The Applicant intends to 

route one circuit from the Wheelock 

substation near Ray, North Dakota, and 

the second circuit from Tande 

substation near Tioga, North Dakota. Id. 

Each circuit would require a separate 

border crossing. Id. 

The Southwest Power Pool approved 

the project in 2022, and Basin Electric 

is the designated transmission owner for 

the upgrade in the United States. App. 

at 1. The project would provide export 

and import capabilities of up to 650 

megawatts. Id. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

Application at Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(FERC’s) Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Any 

person desiring to become a party to this 

proceeding should file a motion to 

intervene at Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning Basin Electric’s Application 

should be clearly marked with Docket 

No. PP–503. Additional copies are to be 

provided directly to Anine Merkens, 

Staff Counsel, Basin Electric, 

amerkens@bepc.com; Erin Dukart, 

Director, Environmental Services, Basin 

Electric, edukart@bepc.com; and Bob 

Nasset, Civil Engineering, Basin 

Electric, rnasset@bepc.com. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

issued, DOE must determine whether 

the proposed action is in the public 

interest. In making that determination, 

DOE will consider the environmental 

impacts of the proposed action (i.e., 

granting the Presidential permit, with 

any conditions and limitations, or 

denying the permit) pursuant to DOE’s 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part 

1021); determine the Applicant’s 

proposed project’s impact on electric 

reliability by ascertaining whether the 

proposed project would adversely affect 

the operation of the U.S. electric power 

supply system under normal and 

contingency conditions; and weigh any 

other factors that DOE may also 

consider relevant to the public interest. 

DOE also must obtain the favorable 

recommendation of the Secretary of 

State and the Secretary of Defense 

before taking final action on a 

Presidential permit application. 

Basin’s Application may be reviewed 

or downloaded electronically at 

www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications-0 or by emailing 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

February 8, 2024, by Maria Robinson, 

Director, Grid Deployment Office, 

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 


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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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