80556 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2024 / Notices 

1The 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). 

Dated: September 27, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22853 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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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

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; mayorphillips@

pelicancity.org. 

i. FERC Contact: Ingrid Brofman, 202– 

502–8347, ingrid.brofman@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 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 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, 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-foothigh 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 

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 OPP@

ferc.gov. 

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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