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reservoir) and Lake Wishon (lower 

reservoir), impounded by Courtright 

Dam and Wishon Dam, respectively, 

which are licensed project facilities of 

the Hass-Kings River Hydroelectric 

Project (Project No. P–1988). Courtright 

Lake has a usable storage area of 

approximately 123,184 acre-feet and 

normal maximum and minimum water 

surface elevations of 8,184 feet and 

8,050 feet, respectively. Lake Wishon 

has a usable storage area of 

approximately 128,606 acre-feet and 

normal maximum and minimum water 

surface elevations of 6,550 feet and 

6,428.9 feet, respectively. To generate 

power, water is released from Courtright 

Lake through the Courtright IntakeDischarge Structure, Tunnel 1, Tunnel 

2, and the penstock, into the 

powerhouse and is discharged through 

Tunnel 3 and the Wishon IntakeDischarge Structure into Lake Wishon. 

During periods of low energy demand, 

water is pumped through these project 

facilities in reverse (i.e., from Lake 

Wishon to Courtright Lake). 

The project generators are connected 

to the regional electric grid by: (1) an 

underground transformer bank of 10 

transformers with a capacity of 150,000 

kilo-volt-amperes each; (2) a 220-foot 

by- 265-foot above ground, fenced 

switchyard; and (3) a 60.7-mile-long, 

double-circuit 230-kilovolt (kV) 

transmission line that connects the 

Helms switchyard to PG&E’s 

interconnection point with the grid at 

the non-project Gregg Substation. The 

project also includes an approximately 

1.8-mile-long, 21-kV distribution line 

from the non-project Woodchuck 

Substation to the Helms Headquarters 

and Helms Powerhouse and an 

approximately 2-mile-long, 21-kV 

distribution line from the non-project 

Woodchuck Substation to the Helms 

Support Facility and non-project 

Wishon Village Recreational Vehicle 

Park. 

The project also includes: (1) the 

Helms Headquarters facility with 

ancillary facilities; (2) the Helms 

Support Facility with ancillary 

facilities; (3) project recreation facilities 

including the: (a) Courtright Boat 

Launch; (b) Trapper Springs 

Campground; (c) Marmot Rock 

Campground; (d) Wee-Mee-Kute Fishing 

Access; (e) Wishon Boat Launch; (f) Lily 

Pad Campground; (g) Upper Kings River 

Group Campground; (h) Wishon Dam 

Fishing Access; (i) Short Hair Creek 

Fishing Access; (j) Coolidge Meadow 

Fishing Access; (k) Helms Picnic Area; 

(l) Upper Kings River Fishing Access, 

and their ancillary facilities and 

amenities; (4) an approximately 80-acre 

Wildlife Habitat Management Area; (5) 

three, approximately 87-foot-diameter 

asphalt-surfaced helicopter landing 

pads; (6) 36.45 miles of non-recreation, 

vehicular project roads and trails; and 

(7) 1.08 miles of non-recreation, 

pedestrian project trails. 

Although water is typically released 

from Courtright Lake into Lake Wishon 

for approximately 6 hours daily to 

generate electricity the timeframe can 

range from 4- to- 12 hours. The 

estimated annual generation from 2015 

through 2022 was approximately 745 

gigawatt-hours per year. 

m. A copy of the application can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website at 

https://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–2735). For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support 

(see item j above). 

You may also register 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, please 

contact FERC Online Support (see item 

j above). 

n. 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. 

o. Scoping Process 

Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

Commission staff intends to prepare 

either an environmental assessment 

(EA) or an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) (collectively referred to 

as the ‘‘NEPA document’’) that describes 

and evaluates the probable effects, 

including an assessment of the sitespecific and cumulative effects, if any, 

of the proposed action and alternatives. 

The Commission’s scoping process will 

help determine the required level of 

analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping 

requirements, irrespective of whether 

the Commission issues an EA or an EIS. 

At this time, we do not anticipate 

holding an on-site scoping meeting. 

Instead, we are soliciting written 

comments and suggestions on the 

preliminary list of issues and 

alternatives to be addressed in the 

NEPA document, as described in 

scoping document 1 (SD1), issued 

November 21, 2024. 

Copies of SD1, which outlines the 

subject areas to be addressed in the 

NEPA document, were distributed to the 

parties on the Commission’s mailing list 

and the applicant’s distribution list. 

Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the 

web at http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

m. 

Dated: November 21, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27968 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–516–001] 

Amendment To Request Under Blanket 

Authorization and Establishing 

Intervention and Protest Deadline: 

Florida Gas Transmission Company, 

LLC 

Take notice that on November 7, 

2024, Florida Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC (FGT), 1300 Main Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the 

above referenced docket, an amendment 

to its prior notice request filed in Docket 

No. CP24–516–000, pursuant to sections 

157.205, 157.208, 157.210, and 157.211 

of the Commission’s regulations under 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and FGT’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

82–553–000 for the Palatka Project 

(Project) in Putnam County, Florida. 

FGT proposes to relocate the start of the 

proposed 12-inch-diameter Georgia 

Pacific Loop Lateral, the related aboveground pig launcher, and related 

appurtenances approximately 0.14 of a 

mile south of the originally proposed 

location from milepost (MP) 1.04 on the 

north side of SR 20 to approximate MP 

0.90 on the south side of SR 20. The 

proposed amendment will allow FGT to 

address several landowner concerns 

related to the Project, all as more fully 

set forth in the amendment and prior 

notice request which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. 

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 


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1 18 CFR 157.205. 

2Persons include individuals, organizations, 

businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 

CFR 385.102(d). 

3 18 CFR 157.205(e). 

4 18 CFR 385.214. 

5 18 CFR 157.10. 

6Additionally, you may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment feature, 

which is located on the Commission’s website at 

www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and 

Filings. Using eComment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit brief, text-only 

comments on a project. 

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. 

Any questions concerning this request 

should be directed to Blair 

Lichtenwalter, Senior Director of 

Certificates, Florida Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC, 1300 Main Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, by phone at 

(713) 989–2605, fax at (713) 989–1205, 

or by at email blair.lichtenwalter@

energytransfer.com. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 

intervene in the proceeding, and you 

can file comments on the project. There 

is no fee or cost for filing protests, 

motions to intervene, or comments. The 

deadline for filing protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on January 20, 2025. How 

to file protests, motions to intervene, 

and comments is explained below. 

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. 

Protests 

Pursuant to section 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA,1 any person 2 or the Commission’s 

staff may file a protest to the request. If 

no protest is filed within the time 

allowed or if a protest is filed and then 

withdrawn within 30 days after the 

allowed time for filing a protest, the 

proposed activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request for 

authorization will be considered by the 

Commission. 

Protests must comply with the 

requirements specified in section 

157.205(e) of the Commission’s 

regulations,3 and must be submitted by 

the protest deadline, which is January 

20, 2025. A protest may also serve as a 

motion to intervene so long as the 

protestor states it also seeks to be an 

intervenor. 

Interventions 

Any person has the option to file a 

motion to intervene in this proceeding. 

Only intervenors have the right to 

request rehearing of Commission orders 

issued in this proceeding and to 

subsequently challenge the 

Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit 

Courts of Appeal. 

To intervene, you must submit a 

motion to intervene to the Commission 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure 4 and the regulations under 

the NGA 5 by the intervention deadline 

for the project, which is January 20, 

2025. As described further in Rule 214, 

your motion to intervene must state, to 

the extent known, your position 

regarding the proceeding, as well as 

your interest in the proceeding. For an 

individual, this could include your 

status as a landowner, ratepayer, 

resident of an impacted community, or 

recreationist. You do not need to have 

property directly impacted by the 

project in order to intervene. For more 

information about motions to intervene, 

refer to the FERC website at https://

www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/ 

intervene.asp. 

All timely, unopposed motions to 

intervene are automatically granted by 

operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to 

intervene that are filed after the 

intervention deadline are untimely and 

may be denied. Any late-filed motion to 

intervene must show good cause for 

being late and must explain why the 

time limitation should be waived and 

provide justification by reference to 

factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the 

Commission’s Rules and Regulations. A 

person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies (paper or electronic) 

of all documents filed by the applicant 

and by all other parties. 

Comments 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the project may do so. The Commission 

considers all comments received about 

the project in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken. To 

ensure that your comments are timely 

and properly recorded, please submit 

your comments on or before January 20, 

2025. The filing of a comment alone will 

not serve to make the filer a party to the 

proceeding. To become a party, you 

must intervene in the proceeding. 

How To File Protests, Interventions, 

and Comments 

There are two ways to submit 

protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments. In both instances, please 

reference the Project docket number 

CP24–516–001 in your submission. 

(1) You may file your protest, motion 

to intervene, and comments by using the 

Commission’s eFiling feature, which is 

located on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be 

asked to select the type of filing you are 

making; first select ‘‘General’’ and then 

select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 6

(2) You can file a paper copy of your 

submission by mailing it to the address 

below. Your submission must reference 

the Project docket number CP24–516– 

001. 

To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other method: DebbieAnne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of submissions (option 

1 above) and has eFiling staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail at: Blair Lichtenwalter, Senior 


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Director of Certificates, Florida Gas 

Transmission Company, LLC, 1300 

Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002, or 

by email at blair.lichtenwalter@

energytransfer.com. Any subsequent 

submissions by an intervenor must be 

served on the applicant and all other 

parties to the proceeding. Contact 

information for parties can be 

downloaded from the service list at the 

eService link on FERC Online. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Dated: November 21, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27975 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1904–078, Project No. 1855– 

050, Project No. 1892–030] 

Revised Procedural Schedule for 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Project Relicenses: 

Great River Hydro, LLC 

On May 1, 2017, and materially 

amended on December 7, 2020, Great 

River Hydro, LLC filed applications for 

new major licenses to operate its 32.4- 

megawatt (MW) Vernon Hydroelectric 

Project (Vernon Project; FERC No. 

1904), 40.8-MW Bellows Falls 

Hydroelectric Project (Bellows Falls 

Project; FERC No. 1855), and 35.6-MW 

Wilder Hydroelectric Project (Wilder 

Project; FERC No. 1892 (collectively, 

projects). On June 5, 2024, Commission 

staff issued a notice of intent to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) to evaluate the effects of 

relicensing the projects. The notice 

included an anticipated schedule for 

issuing the draft and final EIS. 

By this notice, Commission staff is 

updating the procedural schedule for 

completing the draft and final EIS. The 

revised schedule is shown below. 

Further revisions to the schedule may 

be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Issue draft EIS ................... April 2025. 

Draft EIS Public Meeting ... May 2025. 

Comments on draft EIS 

due.

June 2025. 

Commission issues final 

EIS.

December 2025. 

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4336a(c), we are 

soliciting additional comments on 

alternatives or impacts and on relevant 

information, studies, or analyses with 

respect to the proposed action. Such 

comments must be filed within 30 days 

of this notice. Comments on these topics 

already filed in response to the REA 

Notice do not need to be refiled. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments 

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. 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, 

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, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All 

filings must clearly identify the project 

name and docket number on the first 

page. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedures 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. 

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. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Steve Kartalia at 

(202) 502–6131 or stephen.kartalia@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: November 21, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27971 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15381–000] 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications; Municipality 

of Skagway Borough 

On November 13, 2024, the 

Municipality of Skagway Borough 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 Burro Creek 

Hydroelectric Project (or Project) to be 

located on Burro Creek, two miles 

southwest of Skagway, Alaska. 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 project would consist of 

the following: (1) a 100-foot-long, 10 

foot-high reinforced concrete diversion 

dam; (2) a 0.5-acre impoundment with 

a normal surface elevation of 

approximately 1,160 feet above sea 

level; (3) a 12,300-foot-long, 2-footdiameter penstock buried within an 

access road; (4) a 40-foot-long, 40-footwide powerhouse; (5) a 13,300-foot-long 

access road extending from the dam to 

tidewater at Burro Creek; (6) a 1,000- 


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