Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 201 / Thursday, October 17, 2024 / Notices 83683 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15055–001] 

Northern States Power Company; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene 

and Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 

and Conditions, and Preliminary 

Fishway Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 15055–001. 

c. Date Filed: August 18, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Northern States Power 

Company (Northern States). 

e. Name of Project: Gile Flowage 

Storage Reservoir Project (project). 

f. Location: On the West Fork of the 

Montreal River in Iron County, 

Wisconsin. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew 

Miller, Environmental Analyst, 1414 W 

Hamilton Avenue, P.O. Box 8, Eau 

Claire, WI 54702; telephone at (715) 

737–1353; email at matthew.j.miller@

xcelenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, 

Project Coordinator, Great Lakes Branch, 

Division of Hydropower Licensing; 

telephone at (312) 596–4447; email at 

nicholas.ettema@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway prescriptions: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice; reply 

comments are due 105 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway prescriptions 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. 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: Gile Flowage Storage Reservoir 

Project (P–15055–001). 

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. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

l. Project Description: The proposed 

project includes an existing 902.6-footlong, 32.5-foot-high dam that includes: 

(1) a 300-foot-long west earthen 

embankment with a crest elevation of 

1495.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical 

Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (2) a 27.6- 

foot-long concrete section that includes: 

(a) a 6-foot-long sluice gate with a 

trashrack with 2.625-inch clear bar 

spacing; and (b) a 16-foot-long Tainter 

gate; and (3) a 575-foot-long east earthen 

embankment with a crest elevation of 

1495.0 feet NGVD 29. The dam creates 

a reservoir that has a surface area of 

3,325 acres at a normal maximum 

surface elevation of 1,490 feet NGVD 29, 

and a usable storage capacity of 32,713 

acre-feet between 1,475 feet and 1,490 

feet NGVD 29. A 27.5-foot-long, 11.8- 

foot-wide brick gatehouse is located on 

top of the dam. 

From the reservoir, water flows 

through the sluice gate to a 35-foot-long 

concrete conduit, and through the 

Tainter gate to a 16-foot-long Ogee 

spillway. From the conduit and 

spillway, water flows to an 

approximately 53-foot-long concrete 

apron that discharges to the West Fork 

of the Montreal River. The project does 

not contain any generating facilities. 

The proposed project includes the 

following existing recreation facilities: 

(1) a hand-carry boat take-out site on the 

shoreline of the reservoir, at the east 

earthen embankment; (2) an 

approximately 100-foot-long hand-carry 

boat portage route; and (3) a hand carry 

boat put-in site located on the east shore 

of the West Fork of the Montreal River, 

immediately downstream of the project 

dam. 

The proposed project boundary 

encompasses approximately 3,457.5 

acres, including the reservoir, islands in 

the reservoir owned by Northern States, 

and land associated with project 

facilities. 

Northern States proposes to: (1) 

continue to operate the reservoir as a 

water storage facility where water is 

stored and used to augment flow for 

hydroelectric generation at the 

downstream Saxon Falls Hydroelectric 

Project No. 2610 (Saxon Project) and 

Superior Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 

2587 (Superior Project); (2) continue to 

maintain the reservoir levels between 

1,475 feet and 1,490 feet NGVD 29; (3) 

continue to release a minimum flow of 

10 cubic feet per second (cfs) through 

the sluice gate to the West Fork of the 

Montreal River downstream of the dam; 

(4) continue to limit the reservoir 

drawdown rate to no more than 0.2 foot 

per day; (5) develop an operation 

compliance monitoring plan; (6) 

develop an invasive species plan and 

conduct biennial invasive species 

surveys; (7) conduct shoreline erosion 

surveys every five years of all shorelines 

in the project boundary, including the 

tailrace, and file a report with 

recommendations for actions on any 

erosion in the project boundary; (8) 

develop a historic properties 

management plan to protect historic 

properties; (9) develop an operation 

compliance monitoring plan; (10) 

publish flow releases and reservoir 

storage elevation data on the internet; 

(11) develop a land management plan to 

for recreation use, signage, maintenance, 

and trash removal on islands owned by 

Northern States in the reservoir; (12) 

develop a whitewater recreation plan 

that includes provisions for whitewater 

flow releases of 1,200 cfs in the morning 

on two days each year; (13) maintain 

existing recreation facilities as project 

facilities, and update directional and 

safety signage; (14) implement the 

Wisconsin Department of Natural 

Resources’ (Wisconsin DNR) Broad 

Incidental Take Permit for Wisconsin 

Cave Bats during routine recreation site 

maintenance; (15) implement the 

current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 

guidance for northern long-eared bat 

when removing trees greater than 3 

inches in diameter; (16) protect wood 

turtles by implementing the Wisconsin 

DNR’s Broad Incidental Take Permit for 

Wood Turtles, including but not limited 

to restrictions on herbicide use. 

m. A copy of the application can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 


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‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document (i.e., P–15055). For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit comments, a 

protest, or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210, .211, and .214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ 

‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND 

CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY 

FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set 

forth in the heading the name of the 

applicant and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name of the 

person submitting the filing; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

All comments, recommendations, terms 

and conditions or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain 

copies of the application directly from 

the applicant. A copy of any protest or 

motion to intervene must be served 

upon each representative of the 

applicant specified in the particular 

application. A copy of all other filings 

in reference to this application must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed on the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b) and 385.2010. 

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. 

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. 

o. The applicant must file no later 

than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Filing of Comments, Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions.

December 2024. 

Filing of Reply Comments .......... January 2025. 

q. Any qualified applicant desiring to 

file a competing application must 

submit to the Commission, on or before 

the specified intervention deadline date, 

a competing development application, 

or a notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent allows an interested 

person to file the competing 

development application no later than 

120 days after the specified intervention 

deadline date. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

A notice of intent must specify the 

exact name, business address, and 

telephone number of the prospective 

applicant, and must include an 

unequivocal statement of intent to 

submit a development application. A 

notice of intent must be served on the 

applicant(s) named in this public notice. 

Dated: October 10, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23939 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreement Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of filing of the following agreement 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit 

comments, relevant information, or 

documents regarding the agreement to 

the Secretary by email at Secretary@

fmc.gov, or by mail, Federal Maritime 

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, 

Washington, DC 20573. Comments will 

be most helpful to the Commission if 

received within 12 days of the date this 

notice appears in the Federal Register, 

and the Commission requests that 

comments be submitted within 7 days 

on agreements that request expedited 

review. Copies of agreement are 

available through the Commission’s 

website (www.fmc.gov) or by contacting 

the Office of Agreements at (202) 523– 

5793 or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 201157–009. 

Agreement Name: USMX–ILA Master 

Contract Memorandum of Settlement. 

Parties: International Longshoremen’s 

Association, AFL–CIO and United 

States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. 

Filing Party: Jim Campbell, The 

Lambos Firm LLP. 

Synopsis: The Amendment extends 

the term of the 2018–2024 USMX–ILA 

Master Contract from October 1, 2023, 

through and including January 15, 2025. 

Proposed Effective Date: 10/8/2024. 

Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/ 

FMC.Agreements.Web/Public/ 

AgreementHistory/8153. 

Dated: October 11, 2024. 

Alanna Beck, 

Federal Register Alternate Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23977 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–02–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

Correction 

In notice document 2024–22635 

beginning on page 80242 in the issue of 

Wednesday, October 2, 2024, make the 

following correction: 

On page 80242, in the third column, 

in the 23rd and 24th lines, ‘‘[insert date 

60 days after publication in the Federal 

Register]’’ should read ‘‘December 2, 

2024’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2024–22635 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 0099–10–D 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 


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