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1 18 CFR 385.2001–2005 (2024). 

1Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law 

118–5, 137 Stat 10, sec. 322 (2023). 2Federal Power Act (FPA) section 215 provides 

that the Commission may certify an Electric 

Reliability Organization, the purpose of which is to 

develop mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards, subject to Commission review and 

approval. 16 U.S.C. 824o(c). The Commission 

subsequently certified NERC as the Electric 

Reliability Organization. N. Am. Elec. Reliability 

Corp., 116 FERC ¶ 61,062, order on reh’g and 

compliance, 117 FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), aff’d sub 

nom. Alcoa, Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (D.C. Cir. 

2009). 

3Transmitting utility is defined in 16 U.S.C. 796 

as ‘‘an entity (including an entity described in 

section 824(f) of [title 16]) that owns, operates, or 

controls facilities used for the transmission of 

electric energy—(A) in interstate commerce; (B) for 

the sale of electric energy at wholesale.’’ 4 18 CFR 37.6(b)(1)(vi) (2024). 

TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY

Statutory 

provision Description Satisfies (Y/N) 

FPA 30(a)(3)(A) ....... The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade 

water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial 

consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i) .... The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power and uses for 

such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii) ... The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 40 megawatts ................................................. Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii) .. On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing requirements of

Part I of the FPA.

Y 

Preliminary Determination: The 

proposed Emmett Main Canal Hydro 

Project will not alter the primary 

purpose of the conduit, which is for 

irrigation. Therefore, based upon the 

above criteria, Commission staff 

preliminarily determines that the 

operation of the project described above 

satisfies the requirements for a 

qualifying conduit hydropower facility, 

which is not required to be licensed or 

exempted from licensing. 

Comments and Motions to Intervene: 

Deadline for filing comments contesting 

whether the facility meets the qualifying 

criteria is 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. Deadline for filing 

motions to intervene is 30 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

Anyone may submit comments or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and 

385.214. Any motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

deadline date for the particular 

proceeding. 

Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the ‘‘COMMENTS 

CONTESTING QUALIFICATION FOR A 

CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY’’ 

or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as 

applicable; (2) state in the heading the 

name of the applicant and the project 

number of the application to which the 

filing responds; (3) state the name, 

address, and telephone number of the 

person filing; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of sections 

385.2001 through 385.2005 of the 

Commission’s regulations.1 All 

comments contesting Commission staff’s 

preliminary determination that the 

facility meets the qualifying criteria 

must set forth their evidentiary basis. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and comments using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. 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 send 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, MD 20852. A copy 

of all other filings in reference to this 

application must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed in 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Locations of Notice of Intent: 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 

website at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

number (i.e., CD25–1) in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

You may also register online at https:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.

asp to be notified via email of new 

filings and issuances related to this or 

other pending projects. Copies of the 

notice of intent can be obtained directly 

from the applicant. For assistance, call 

toll-free 1–866–208–3676 or email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: November 25, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28250 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD25–4–000] 

Interregional Transfer Capability 

Study: Strengthening Reliability 

Through the Energy Transformation; 

Notice of Request for Comments 

On November 19, 2024, the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC) submitted to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) an Interregional Transfer 

Capability Study (ITC Study) pursuant 

to section 322 of the Fiscal 

Responsibility Act of 2023 (Fiscal 

Responsibility Act).1 All interested 

persons are invited to file comments on 

this ITC Study no later than 60 days 

after the date of publication in the 

Federal Register. We request the public 

to submit comments in the format 

indicated below. 

In June 2023, Congress passed the 

Fiscal Responsibility Act, which 

requires the Commission-approved 

Electric Reliability Organization (i.e., 

NERC),2 in consultation with each 

regional entity and each transmitting 

utility 3 that has facilities 

interconnected with a transmitting 

utility in a neighboring transmission 

planning region, to conduct a study of 

total transfer capability 4 between 


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5Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law 

118–5, 137 Stat 10, sec. 322 (2023). 

6See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2024). 

transmission planning regions. The 

Fiscal Responsibility Act requires the 

ITC Study to include: 

(1) Current total transfer capability 

between each pair of neighboring 

transmission planning regions. 

(2) A recommendation of prudent 

additions to total transfer capability 

between each pair of neighboring 

transmission planning regions that 

would demonstrably strengthen 

reliability within and among such 

neighboring transmission planning 

regions. 

(3) Recommendations to meet and 

maintain total transfer capability 

together with such recommended 

prudent additions to total transfer 

capability between each pair of 

neighboring transmission planning 

regions. 

The Fiscal Responsibility Act requires 

NERC to submit the ITC Study to the 

Commission no later than 18 months 

after the date of enactment of the Act 

(i.e., by December 2, 2024). After the ITC 

Study is submitted to the Commission, 

the Commission must publish the study 

for public comment and, no later than 

12 months after the end of the public 

comment period, submit a report on its 

conclusions to Congress and include 

recommendations, if any, for statutory 

changes.5

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the internet.6 Instructions are 

available on the Commission’s website 

https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Submissions sent via any other 

carrier must be addressed to: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, Office 

of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

For more information about this 

Notice, please contact Jessica L. Cockrell 

at jessica.cockrell@ferc.gov or 202–502– 

8190. For legal information, please 

contact Gonzalo E. Rodriguez at 

gonzalo.rodriguez@ferc.gov or 202–502– 

8568. 

Dated: November 25, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28251 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2021–0254; FRL–9347–07– 

OCSPP] 

Asbestos Part 2 Supplemental 

Evaluation Including Legacy Uses and 

Associated Disposals; Risk Evaluation 

Under the Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA); Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing 

the availability of the final 

supplemental risk evaluation under the 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) for asbestos Part 2: addressing 

legacy uses and associated disposal. The 

purpose of risk evaluations under TSCA 

is to determine whether a chemical 

substance presents an unreasonable risk 

of injury to health or the environment, 

without consideration of costs or nonrisk factors, including unreasonable risk 

to potentially exposed or susceptible 

subpopulations identified as relevant to 

the risk evaluation by EPA, under the 

conditions of use. For the part 2 

supplemental risk evaluation, the 

Agency evaluated legacy uses and 

associated disposals of asbestos 

including chrysotile asbestos, five 

additional fiber types, conditions of use 

for asbestos-containing talc that are 

subject to TSCA, and Libby asbestos. 

EPA used the best available science to 

prepare this final supplemental risk 

evaluation and determined, based on 

the weight of scientific evidence, that 

asbestos poses unreasonable risk to 

human health. Under TSCA, EPA must 

initiate risk management actions to 

address the unreasonable risk. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–EPA–HQ–OPPT–2021– 

0254, is available online at https://

www.regulations.gov. Additional 

information about dockets generally, 

along with instructions for visiting the 

docket in-person, is available at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information: Peter 

Gimlin, Existing Chemicals Risk 

Management Division (7404M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

566–0515; email address: gimlin.peter@

epa.gov. 

For general information: The TSCAHotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South 

Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; 

telephone number: (202) 554–1404; 

email address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of particular 

interest to those involved in the 

manufacture, processing, distribution, 

use, and disposal of asbestos-containing 

materials (ACMs), including 

construction professionals and 

individuals completing do-it-yourself 

(DIY) activities in buildings with ACMs, 

related industry trade organizations, 

non-governmental organizations with an 

interest in human and environmental 

health, state and local governments, 

Tribal Nations, and/or those interested 

in the assessment of risks involving 

chemical substances and mixtures 

regulated under TSCA. As such, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that this action 

might apply to. If you need help 

determining applicability, consult the 

technical contact listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

TSCA section 6, 15 U.S.C. 2605, 

requires the Agency to conduct risk 

evaluations on chemical substances and 

identifies the minimum components 

EPA must include in all chemical 

substance risk evaluations. Each risk 

evaluation must be conducted 

consistent with the best available 

science, be based on the weight of 

scientific evidence, and consider 

reasonably available information per 15 

U.S.C. 2625(h), (i), and (k). See also the 

implementing procedural regulations at 

40 CFR part 702. 

C. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is announcing the availability of 

the final supplemental risk evaluation 

for asbestos legacy uses and associated 

disposals of Asbestos (also referred to as 

the Asbestos Part 2 Risk Evaluation) 

(Ref. 1). The purpose of risk evaluations 

under TSCA is to determine whether a 

chemical substance presents an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment, without consideration 

of costs or non-risk factors, including 

unreasonable risk to potentially exposed 


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