[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 80556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22850]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10198-033]


City of Pelican, AK; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Minor License.\1\
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    \1\ The licensee filed an application for a subsequent license, 
but because the existing license did not include waiver of sections 
14 and 15 of the FPA, any license issued in response to this 
application will be a new license pursuant to 18 CFR 16.2(a).
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    b. Project No.: 10198-033.
    c. Date filed: September 16, 2024.
    d. Applicant: City of Pelican, AK.
    e. Name of Project: Pelican Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Pelican Creek in the 
City of Pelican, Alaska. The project does not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mayor Patricia Phillips, P.O. Box 737, 
Pelican, AK; 907-735-2202; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c212d35233e3c24252020253c3f0c3c2920252f2d222f25383562233e2b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acc1cdd5c3dedcc4c5c0c0c5dcdfecdcc9c0c5cfcdc2cfc5d8d582c3decb">[email protected]</span></a>.
    i. FERC Contact: Ingrid Brofman, 202-502-8347, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5bcbbb2a7bcb1fbb7a7bab3b8b4bb95b3b0a7b6fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670e0900150e0349051508010a0609270102150449000811">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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 l 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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: November 15, 2024.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f3b5b6a1b0bc9d9f9a9d96a08683839c8187b395968190dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="12545740515d7c7e7b7c77416762627d606652747760713c757d64">[email protected]</span></a>, (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, MD 20852. All filings must clearly 
identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Pelican 
Hydroelectric Project (P-10198-033).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The Pelican Project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) a 12-foot-wide by 22-foot-high rock-
filled crib dam buttressed with steel A-frames impounding a reservoir 
with a net storage capacity of approximately 4.4 acre-feet at an 
elevation of 143 feet mean sea level; (2) a rectangular steel and 
concrete intake structure; (3) a 48-inch-diameter, 704-foot-long high 
density polyethylene pipe leading to a surge tank; (4) a 42-inch-
diameter, 316-foot-long high density polyethylene penstock; (5) a 
powerhouse containing two generating units rated at 600 kW and 100 kW, 
operating under a gross head of 115 feet; (6) a 80-foot-long, 4.16-
kilovolt transmission line; (7) a 480/4,160-volt, 0.75-megavolt-ampere 
step-up transformer; (8) a 500-foot-long access road; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities. The City of Pelican proposes to continue to 
operate the project in a run-of-river mode.
    o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) 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 (P-
10198). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c0868592838faeaca9aea593b5b0b0afb2b480a6a5b2a3eea7afb6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eea8abbcada1808287808bbd9b9e9e819c9aae888b9c8dc0898198">[email protected]</span></a>, 
(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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#531c030313353621307d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77382727371112051459101801">[email protected]</span></a>.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
    Additional Study Requests due: November 2024.
    Issue Deficiency Letter (if needed): November 2024.
    Request for Additional Information (if needed): November 2024.
    Issue Notice of Acceptance: March 2025.
    Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments: April 2025.
    Issue Scoping Document 2 (if needed): June 2025.
    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: September 27, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-22850 Filed 10-2-24; 8:45 am]
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