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job, or other activity on behalf of FERC 

or Federal Government and who have a 

need to access the information in the 

performance of their duties or activities. 

9. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration in records 

management inspections and its role as 

Archivist. 

10. To the Merit Systems Protection 

Board or the Board’s Office of the 

Special Counsel, when relevant 

information is requested in connection 

with appeals, special studies of the civil 

service and other merit systems, review 

of Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM) rules and regulations, and 

investigations of alleged or possible 

prohibited personnel practices. 

11. To appropriate Federal, State, or 

local agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, if the information may be 

relevant to a potential violation of civil 

or criminal law, rule, regulation, order. 

12. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and person(s) that are a party to a 

dispute, when FERC determines that 

information from this system of records 

is reasonably necessary for the recipient 

to assist with the resolution of the 

dispute, and the information may 

include the name, address, telephone 

number, email address, and affiliation of 

the agency, entity, and/or person(s) 

seeking and/or participating in dispute 

resolution services, where appropriate. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records are stored electronically on a 

FedRAMP-authorized cloud service 

provider, and on a FedRAMPauthorized SharePoint site. In addition, 

all FERC employees and contractors 

with authorized access have undergone 

a thorough background security 

investigation. Data access is restricted to 

agency personnel or contractors whose 

responsibilities require access. Access to 

electronic records is controlled by the 

organization’s Single Sign-On and 

Multi-Factor Authentication Solution. 

Role based access is used to restrict 

electronic data access and the 

organization employs the principle of 

least privilege, allowing only authorized 

users with access necessary to 

accomplish assigned tasks in 

accordance with organizational 

missions and business functions. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrieved by employee 

name and associated case number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR THE RETENTION

AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are retained in accordance 

with the applicable National Archives 

and Records Administration Schedules, 

with the following applicable General 

Records Schedules: 

1. General Records Schedule (GRS) 

2.3: Employee Relations Records, Item 

010, DAA–GRS–2022–0001–0001. 

Temporary. Destroy when 3 years old, 

but longer retention is authorized if 

required for business use. 

2. General Records Schedule (GRS) 

2.3: Employee Relations Records, Item 

020, DAA–GRS–2022–0001–0002. 

Temporary. Destroy 3 years after 

employee separation from the agency or 

all appeals are concluded, whichever is 

later, but longer retention is authorized 

if required for business use. 

3. General Records Schedule (GRS) 

2.3: Employee Relations Records, Item 

110, DAA–GRS–2018–0002–0012. 

Temporary. Destroy 3 years after 

resolution of case, but longer retention 

is authorized if required for business 

use. 

4. General Records Schedule (GRS) 

2.3: Employee Relation Records, Item 

111, DAA–GRS2018–0002–0013. 

Temporary: Destroy 7 years after close 

of case, but longer retention is 

authorized if required for business use. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

See Policies and Practices for Storage 

of Records. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals requesting access to the 

contents of records must submit a 

request through the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) office. The 

FOIA website is located at: https://

www.ferc.gov/foia. Requests may be 

submitted through the following portal: 

https://www.ferc.gov/enforcement-legal/ 

foia/electronic-foia-privacy-act-requestform. Written requests for access to 

records should be directed to: Director, 

Office of External Affair, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See Records Access Procedures. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Generalized notice is provided by the 

publication of this notice. For specific 

notice, see Records Access Procedure, 

above. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

65 FR 21745 (April 24, 2000). 

Dated: November 25, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28247 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD25–1–000] 

Black Canyon Hydrokinetic 1, LLC; 

Notice of Preliminary Determination of 

a Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility and Soliciting Comments and 

Motions To Intervene 

On November 21, 2024, and 

supplemented on November 22, 2024, 

Black Canyon Hydrokinetic 1, LLC, filed 

a notice of intent to construct a 

qualifying conduit hydropower facility, 

pursuant to section 30 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA). The proposed Emmett 

Main Canal Hydro Project would have 

an installed capacity of 75 kilowatts 

(kW) and would be located on the 

Emmett Irrigation District North Side 

Main Canal near the City of Emmett in 

Gem County, Idaho. 

Applicant Contact: Ryan Cook, C T 

Corporation System, 1555 W Shoreline 

Dr., Suite 100, Boise, ID 83702, 614– 

368–9405, ryan.cook@emrgy.com. 

FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

202–502–6778, christopher.chaney@

ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The project would 

consist of: (1) two 30-kW twin-turbine 

generating units and one 15-kW twinturbine generating unit for a total 

capacity of 75-kW and (2) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed project would 

have an estimated annual generation of 

approximately 281 megawatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all the criteria shown in 

the table below. 


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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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