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service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov). From the Commission’s 

Home Page on the internet, this 

information is available on eLibrary. 

The full text of this document is 

available on eLibrary in PDF and 

Microsoft Word format for viewing, 

printing, and/or downloading. To access 

this document in eLibrary, type the 

docket number excluding the last three 

digits of this document in the docket 

number field. 

User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s website 

during normal business hours from 

FERC Online Support at 202–502–6652 

(toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the 

Public Reference Room at (202) 502– 

8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the 

Public Reference Room at 

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. 

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. 2024–03430 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 943–144] 

Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan 

County; Notice of Intent To File 

License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document (Pad), 

Commencement of 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 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 943–144. 

c. Dated Filed: December 15, 2023. 

d. Submitted By: Public Utility 

District No. 1 of Chelan County. 

e. Name of Project: Rock Island 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Columbia River, in 

Chelan and Douglas Counties, 

Washington. The project occupies 

federal lands under the jurisdiction of 

the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Janel 

Ulrich, Hydro Licensing Manager, 

Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan 

County, 203 Olds Station Road, 

Wenatchee, WA 98801. 

i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip at (503) 

552–2762 or email at matt.cutlip@

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 the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and National 

Marine Fisheries Service under section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act and the 

joint agency regulations thereunder at 

50 CFR part 402; and National Marine 

Fisheries Service under section 305(b) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Management and Conservation Act and 

implementing regulations at 50 CFR part 

600.920. We are also initiating 

consultation with the Washington 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 part 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan 

County as the Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act, the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management 

and Conservation Act, and section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation 

Act. 

m. Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Chelan County filed with the 

Commission a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD; including a proposed 

process plan and schedule), pursuant to 

18 CFR part 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed 

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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

You may register online at https://ferc

online.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be 

notified via email of new filings and 

issuances related to these or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

o. 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. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents 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. 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 


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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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