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1 16 U.S.C. 808(b)(1). 

2Cook Electric, Inc., who transferred the license 

to Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric Inc., who 

subsequently transferred the license to Big Wood 

Canal Company, was issued a major license for the 

project on January 15, 1987, for a term of 40 years, 

effective the first day of the month in which the 

order was issued. See Cook Electric, Inc., 38 FERC 

¶ 62,034 (1987); Cook Elec., Inc. and Magic 

Reservoir Hydroelectric, Inc., 44 FERC ¶ 62,144 

(1988); Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric, Inc. and Big 

Wood Canal Co., 166 FERC ¶ 62,037 (2019). 

Therefore, the license would expire on December 

31, 2026, and the statutory deadline for filing a new 

license application was December 31, 2024. See 

FPA 15(c)(1), 16 U.S.C. 808(c)(1). 

3 16 U.S.C. 808(c)(1). 

4 18 CFR 16.9 (2024). 

5See Big Wood Canal Company December 31, 

2024 Request for Extension. 

6See Pacific Gas and Elec. Co., 98 FERC ¶ 61,032 

(2002), reh’g denied, 99 FERC ¶ 61,045 (2002). 

submit a development application. A 

notice of intent must be served on the 

applicant(s) named in this public notice. 

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’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE 

OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING 

APPLICATION,’’ or ‘‘COMPETING 

APPLICATION;’’ (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, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. 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. 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments—April 2025 

Comments on Scoping Document 1 

due—May 2025 

Request Additional Information (if 

necessary)—June 2025 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if 

necessary)—June 2025 

Dated: January 16, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01579 Filed 1–22–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3407–088] 

Big Wood Canal Company; Notice 

Soliciting Applications and Waiving 

Regulations 

On January 3, 2022, Big Wood Canal 

Company, licensee for the Magic Dam 

Hydroelectric Project No. 3407 (project), 

filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to file an 

application for a new license for the 

project pursuant to section 15(b)(1) of 

the Federal Power Act (FPA).1 On 

March 1, 2022, Commission staff issued 

public notice of the NOI and approved 

the use of the traditional licensing 

process to develop the license 

application. The current license for the 

project expires on December 31, 2026.2

The 9-megawatt project is located on 

the Big Wood River in Blaine and Camas 

Counties, Idaho. The project consists of: 

(1) a 640-foot-long, 128-foot-high earthfilled dam; (2) a 1,260-foot-long, 50-foothigh dike; (3) a 1,200-foot-long spillway 

structure; (4) a 3,740-acre reservoir with 

a storage capacity of approximately 

191,500 acre-feet at an elevation of 

4,798 feet; (5) a 37-foot-high intake 

tower; (6) a 620-foot-long, 132-inchdiameter outlet conduit leading to a 

170-foot-long, 132-inch-diameter 

penstock connecting to a powerhouse; 

(7) a powerhouse containing three 

generating units with a combined 

capacity of 9 megawatts; (8) a 9.2-milelong, 4.16 kilovolt transmission line; 

and (9) appurtenant facilities. The 

average annual energy generation of the 

project is approximately 14.3 gigawatthours. 

Pursuant to section 15(c)(1) of the 

FPA 3 and section 16.9 of the 

Commission’s regulations,4 an existing 

licensee must file an application for a 

new license at least 24 months prior to 

the expiration of the current license. As 

stated above, Big Wood Canal 

Company’s NOI indicated that it would 

file an application for a new license; 

however, it did not file an application 

for a new license for the project by the 

December 31, 2024 deadline. Instead, on 

December 31, 2024, Big Wood Canal 

Company requested a 3-month 

extension of time to file its final license 

application.5

The statutory date for filing a final 

license application cannot be waived.6

Therefore, the request for an extension 

of time to file a final license application 

for the Magic Dam Hydroelectric Project 

was denied. Pursuant to section 16.25(a) 

of the Commission’s regulations, the 

Commission is soliciting applications 

from potential applicants. This 

solicitation is necessary because the 

deadline for filing an application for a 

new license and any competing license 

applications, pursuant to section 16.9 of 

the Commission’s regulations, was 

December 31, 2024, and no other license 

applications for this project were filed. 

With this notice, we are waiving those 

parts of section 16.24(a) and 16.25(a) 

which bar an existing licensee that 

missed the two-year application filing 

deadline from filing another 

application. Further, because Big Wood 

Canal Company completed the pre-filing 

consultation requirements pursuant to 

Part 4 of the Commission’s regulations, 

we are waiving the consultation 

requirements in section 16.8(b) and (c) 

for the existing licensee. Consequently, 

Big Wood Canal Company will be 

allowed to file a license application and 

compete for the license. 

The licensee is required to make 

available certain information described 

in section 16.7 of the regulations. For 

more information from the licensee, 

please contact Big Wood Canal 

Company’s authorized agent Mr. Peter 

Josten, 2742 Saint Charles Avenue, 

Idaho Falls, ID 83404, (208) 339–3542. 

Pursuant to section 16.25(b), a 

potential applicant that files a notice of 

intent within 90 days from the date of 

this notice: (1) may apply for a license 

under Part I of the FPA and Part 4 

(except section 4.38) of the 

Commission’s regulations within 18 

months of the date on which it files its 

notice; and (2) must comply with 

sections 16.8 and 16.10 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

Questions concerning this notice 

should be directed to Amy Chang at 

(202) 502–6154 or email at amy.chang@

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8020 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 14 / Thursday, January 23, 2025 / Notices 

Dated: January 14, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01429 Filed 1–22–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, all agencies are 

required to publish in the Federal 

Register a notice of their systems of 

records. Notice is hereby given that the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) is publishing notice of 

modifications to an existing FERC 

system of records titled ‘‘FERC Transit 

Subsidy Program (TSP) Records (FERC– 

41)’’ previously titled ‘‘FERC Transit 

Subsidy Program (TSP) (FERC–41).’’ 

DATES: Comments on this modified 

system of records must be received no 

later than 30 days after the date of 

publication in the Federal Register by 

FERC. The modified system of records 

will become effective a minimum of 30 

days after the date of publication in the 

Federal Register. If FERC receives 

public comments, FERC shall review the 

comments to determine whether any 

changes to the notice are necessary. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in writing to Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426 or 

electronically to privacy@ferc.gov. 

Comments should indicate that they are 

submitted in response to ‘‘FERC Transit 

Subsidy Program (TSP) Records (FERC– 

41).’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mittal Desai, Chief Information Officer & 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy, 

Office of the Executive Director, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–6432 or privacy@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, FERC is updating this notice and 

republishing it in its entirety. This 

notice has three (3) new routine uses, 

routine uses 10, 12 and 13, and updates 

were made to the language of routine 

uses 6, 9, and 11. In addition, FERC is 

amending the following sections to 

reflect changes made since the 

publication of the last notice in the 

Federal Register: dates; addresses; for 

further information contact; system 

name and number; system location; 

system manager(s); purpose(s) of the 

system; categories of individuals 

covered by the system; categories of 

records in the system; policies and 

practices for storage of records; policies 

and practices for retention and disposal 

of records; administrative, technical, 

and physical safeguards; record access 

procedures; contesting records 

procedures; notification procedures; and 

history. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

FERC Transit Subsidy Program (TSP) 

Records (FERC–41). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Logistics Management 

Division, Logistics Operations and 

Publishing Services, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Tyrone Simpkins, Logistics 

Operations Branch Chief, Logistics 

Operations and Publishing Services, 

Logistics Management Division, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–6639. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

41 CFR 101–6.3; Public Law 103–172, 

5 U.S.C. 7905. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The purpose of the system is to 

support the overall management of 

transit subsidy operations for the 

agency. The application is used to 

submit applications for the federal 

government’s transit subsidy benefits 

program and to request transit subsidies; 

to track employees’ commuting 

expenses; and to monitor the program 

budget. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

The categories of individuals covered 

by the system are FERC employees 

enrolled in the transit benefits program. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The categories of records in the 

system include employee’s name, 

supervisor’s name, office, home address, 

office and personal telephone number, 

special circumstances (senior citizen or 

disabled), number of days commuting, 

monthly commuting cost, SmarTrip 

card number, and mode of 

transportation. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is obtained from current 

employees seeking to participate in the 

federal government’s employee transit 

subsidy benefits program. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, information 

maintained in this system may be 

disclosed to authorized entities outside 

FERC for purposes determined to be 

relevant and necessary as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) are as 

follows: 

1. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (a) FERC suspects or 

has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records; (b) 

FERC has determined that as a result of 

the suspected or confirmed breach there 

is a risk of harm to individuals, the 

Commission (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security; and (c) the disclosure made to 

such agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with the Commission’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed breach or to prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

2. To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when FERC determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (a) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach; or (b) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

3. To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to 

an inquiry from that congressional office 

made at the request of that individual. 

4. To the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission (EEOC) when 

requested in connection with 

investigations of alleged or possible 

discriminatory practices, examination of 

Federal affirmative employment 

programs, or other functions of the 

Commission as authorized by law or 

regulation. 

5. To the Federal Labor Relations 

Authority or its General Counsel when 

requested in connection with 

investigations of allegations of unfair 


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