Document ID: FERC-2022-1113-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Klamath River Renewal Corp., PacifiCorp; Lower Klamath Hydroelectric Project
Posted Date: 2022-09-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 53743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18945]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[P-14803-001]

Klamath River Renewal Corporation; PacifiCorp; Notice of 
Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Surrender, Decommissioning, and Removal of the Lower Klamath 
Hydroelectric Project

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office of Energy Projects has 
reviewed the application for surrender of license and removal of 
project works for the Lower Klamath Hydroelectric Project No. 14803 and 
has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS).\1\ The 
project is located on the Klamath River in Klamath County, Oregon, and 
in Siskiyou County, California. The project occupies approximately 400 
acres of federal lands. These federal lands are administered by the 
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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    \1\ On April 20, 2022, the Council on Environmental Quality 
(CEQ) issued a final rule, National Environmental Policy Act 
Implementing Regulations Revisions (Final Rule, 87 FR 23453), which 
was effective as of May 20, 2022. Accordingly, Commission staff 
prepared this EIS in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
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    The final EIS contains staff evaluations of the applicant's 
proposal and the alternatives for surrender of the Lower Klamath 
Project. The final EIS documents the views of governmental agencies, 
non-governmental organizations, affected Indian Tribes, the public, the 
applicants, and Commission staff.
    In this notice, we acknowledge the number of pages in this final 
EIS exceeds the final EIS page limits set forth in CEQ's Final Rule for 
proposals of unusual scope or complexity. Noting the scope and 
complexity of this proposal, the Director of the Office of Energy 
Projects, as our senior agency official, has authorized this page limit 
exceedance for the final EIS.
    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons with 
an opportunity to view and/or print the final EIS via the internet 
through the Commission's Home Page (http://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. At this 
time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency 
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), in a Presidential 
proclamation issued on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected], or toll-free at (866) 
208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC website (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 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 that 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. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 
register for eSubscription.

    Dated: August 26, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18945 Filed 8-31-22; 8:45 am]
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