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1 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). As discussed in the 

Application, on May 10, 2024, an affiliate of Gato 

Dos, Gato Negro Permitium Uno, S.A.P.I. de C.V. 

(Gato Uno), filed an application with DOE in Docket 

No. 24–43–LNG. Gato Uno requests long-term 

authorization to export U.S.-sourced natural gas to 

Mexico by pipeline, and after liquefaction in 

Mexico at the Manzanillo Plant, to re-export the 

U.S.-sourced natural gas as LNG to FTA countries. 

Gato Dos states that Gato Uno’s FTA application 

involves the same site and liquefaction capacity to 

be used by Gato Dos. Gato Uno’s FTA application 

is currently pending, and DOE will review it 

separately under NGA section 3(c), 15 U.S.C. 

717b(c). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Wade or Peri Ulrey, U.S. 

Department of Energy (FE–34) Office 

of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability, Office of Fossil Energy 

and Carbon Management, Forrestal 

Building, Room 3E–042, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

4749 or (202) 586–7893, 

jennifer.wade@hq.doe.gov or 

peri.ulrey@hq.doe.gov 

Cassandra Bernstein, U.S. Department of 

Energy (GC–76) Office of the Assistant 

General Counsel for Energy Delivery 

and Resilience, Forrestal Building, 

Room 6D–033, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 

(240) 780–1691, cassandra.bernstein@

hq.doe.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

relevant here, Gato Dos requests longterm authorization to re-export U.S.- 

sourced natural gas following 

liquefaction at the Manzanillo Plant in 

the State of Colima, Mexico, which is 

being developed by Gato Dos’s affiliate, 

Gato Negro Manzanillo S.A.P.I., de C.V. 

Gato Dos seeks to re-export this LNG in 

a volume equivalent to 0.556 Bcf/d of 

natural gas from the Manzanillo Plant to 

countries with which the United States 

has not entered into a free trade 

agreement requiring national treatment 

for trade in natural gas and with which 

trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or 

policy (non-FTA countries) under 

section 3(a) of the NGA.1

Gato Dos seeks this authorization on 

its own behalf and as agent for other 

parties that hold title to the LNG at the 

time of export. Gato Dos requests the 

authorization for a term beginning on 

the date of first export and extending 

through December 31, 2050. 

Additional details can be found in 

Gato Dos’s Application, posted on the 

DOE website at https://www.energy.gov/ 

sites/default/files/2024-08/ 

Gato%20Permitium%20

Dos%20LNG%20Application-nonFTA%20Application%20%288-7- 

24%29.pdf. 

DOE Evaluation 

In reviewing Gato Dos’s Application, 

DOE will consider any issues required 

by law or policy under NGA section 

3(a), DOE’s regulations, and any other 

documents deemed appropriate. Parties 

that may oppose this Application 

should address these issues and 

documents in their comments and/or 

protests, as well as other issues deemed 

relevant to the Application. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., 

requires DOE to give appropriate 

consideration to the environmental 

effects of its proposed decisions. No 

final decision will be issued in this 

proceeding before DOE has met its 

environmental responsibilities. 

Public Comment Procedures 

In response to this Notice, any person 

may file a protest, comments, a motion 

to intervene or notice of intervention, or 

request for additional procedures, as 

applicable. Interested parties will be 

provided 60 days from the date of 

publication of this Notice in which to 

submit comments, protests, motions to 

intervene, or notices of intervention. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

to this proceeding evaluating the 

Application must file a motion to 

intervene or notice of intervention. The 

filing of comments or a protest with 

respect to the Application will not serve 

to make the commenter or protestant a 

party to this proceeding, although 

protests and comments received from 

persons who are not parties will be 

considered in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken on the 

Application. All protests, comments, 

motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, or requests for additional 

procedures must meet the requirements 

specified by the regulations in 10 CFR 

part 590, including the service 

requirements. 

Filings may be submitted using one of 

the following methods: 

(1) Submitting the filing electronically 

at fergas@hq.doe.gov; 

(2) Mailing the filing to the Office of 

Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section; or 

(3) Hand delivering the filing to the 

Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

For administrative efficiency, DOE 

prefers filings to be filed electronically. 

All filings must include a reference to 

‘‘Docket No. 24–87–LNG’’ or ‘‘Gato 

Negro Permitium Dos Application’’ in 

the title line. 

For electronic submissions: Please 

include all related documents and 

attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the 

original email correspondence. Please 

do not include any active hyperlinks or 

password protection in any of the 

documents or attachments related to the 

filing. All electronic filings submitted to 

DOE must follow these guidelines to 

ensure that all documents are filed in a 

timely manner. 

The Notice, and any filed protests, 

motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, and comments will be 

available electronically on the DOE 

website at www.energy.gov/fecm/ 

regulation. 

A decisional record on the 

Application will be developed through 

responses to this Notice by parties, 

including the parties’ written comments 

and replies thereto. Additional 

procedures will be used as necessary to 

achieve a complete understanding of the 

facts and issues. If an additional 

procedure is scheduled, notice will be 

provided to all parties. If no party 

requests additional procedures, a final 

Order may be issued based on the 

official record, including the 

Application and responses filed by 

parties pursuant to this Notice, in 

accordance with 10 CFR 590.316. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

19, 2024. 

Amy R. Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21924 Filed 9–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2715–026] 

Kaukauna Utilities; Notice of 

Availability of Environmental 

Assessment 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office 

of Energy Projects has reviewed the 

application for a new license to 

continue to operate and maintain the 

Combined Locks Hydroelectric Project 

No. 2715 (project). The project is located 

on the Lower Fox River in Outagamie 

County, Wisconsin. Commission staff 

has prepared an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the project. 

The EA contains staff’s analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

project and concludes that licensing the 

project, with appropriate environmental 


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1 18 CFR [4.34(b)(5)/5.23(b)/153.4/157.22]. 

protective measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action that 

would significantly affect the quality of 

the human environment. 

The Commission provides all 

interested persons with an opportunity 

to view and/or print the EA via the 

internet through the Commission’s 

Home Page (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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or at 

(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. 

Any comments should be filed within 

30 days from the date of this notice. 

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 at 

the end of your comments. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support. 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–2715–026. 

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. 

For further information, contact Kelly 

Wolcott at (202) 502–6480 or 

kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov. 

Dated: September 18, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21889 Filed 9–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 4202–025] 

KEI Power Management, LLC; Notice 

of Reasonable Period of Time for 

Water Quality Certification Application 

On September 12, 2024, the Maine 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(Maine DEP) submitted to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) notice that it received a 

request for a Clean Water Act section 

401(a)(1) water quality certification from 

KEI Power Management, LLC, in 

conjunction with the above captioned 

project, on July 29, 2024. Pursuant to 

section 4.34(b)(5) of the Commission’s 

regulations,1 we hereby notify the 

Maine DEP of the following: 

Date of Receipt of the Certification 

Request: July 29, 2024. 

Reasonable Period of Time to Act on 

the Certification Request: One year, July 

29, 2025. 

If the Maine DEP fails or refuses to act 

on the water quality certification request 

on or before the above date, then the 

certifying authority is deemed waived 

pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of the 

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). 

Dated: September 18, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21884 Filed 9–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15351–000] 

Energy Recycling Company, LLC; 

Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On April 24, 2024, Energy Recycling 

Company, LLC filed an application for 

a preliminary permit, pursuant to 

section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility 

of the proposed Iron Range Pumped 

Storage Project, a closed loop pumped 

storage project, to be located near the 

City of Marble, Itasca County, 

Minnesota. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant 

the permit holder priority to file a 

license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

The proposed Iron Range Pumped 

Storage Project would consist of the 

following: (1) a lower reservoir 

proposed approximately 2,700 feet 

below the ground surface; (2) an 

enclosed upper reservoir proposed to be 

constructed of a concrete lined rockfill 

embankment; (3) a reinforced concrete 

18-foot-diameter intake with a ‘‘morning 

glory’’ configuration; (4) a 2,800-footlong vertical shaft penstock having a 

diameter of 16 feet connecting the upper 

reservoir to the powerhouse; (5) a 200- 

foot-long, 70-foot-wide, and 130-foothigh underground powerhouse located 

approximately 2,700 feet below the 

ground surface; (6) a 240-foot-long and 

40-foot-high underground transformer 

gallery lined with concrete; (7) two 333- 

megawatt hydroelectric pump/turbines, 

(8) a new interconnection line 

approximately 200 to 500 feet long, 

joining a new substation adjacent to the 

project to an existing 230-kilovolt 

transmission line; and (9) a new 

pumping system to carry water to the 

upper reservoir. The proposed project 

would have an estimated annual 

generation of 1,450 gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Douglas A. 

Spaulding, Nelson Energy, 1030 Tyrol 

Trail, Minnesota, MN 55416; phone: 

(612) 599–8493. 

FERC Contact: Shivani Khetani; 

phone: (212) 273–5917, or by email at 

shivani.khetani@ferc.gov. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. 

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 


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