Document ID: FERC-2023-1513-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Revised Schedule: White Pine Pumped Storage Project; White Pine Waterpower, LLC
Posted Date: 2023-11-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 81074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25709]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14851-003]

White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Revised Schedule for White 
Pine Pumped Storage Project

    This notice revises the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) schedule for processing White Pine Waterpower, LLC's 
license application for the White Pine Pumped Storage Project. A prior 
notice issued on May 11, 2023, identified an anticipated schedule for 
issuance of draft and final National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
documents and a final order for the project. After the issuance of that 
notice, White Pine Waterpower, LLC indicated that it will be conducting 
a hydrogeologic study that provides data on local aquifer stratigraphy, 
groundwater elevation, and water quality needed to support the design 
of the project's water supply wellfield. White Pine Waterpower, LLC 
stated that it would file the study results by ``November 2024''. On 
October 26, 2023, Commission staff issued a letter requiring White Pine 
Waterpower, LLC to file the corresponding study results with the Bureau 
of Land Management before filing them with the Commission by January 
31, 2025. To account for the additional time needed for White Pine 
Waterpower, LLC to complete the studies and file the study results, the 
application will be processed according to the following revised 
schedule.

Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis: April 14, 2025
Draft NEPA Document: January 9, 2026
Final NEPA Document: July 24, 2026

    In addition, in accordance with Title 41 of the Fixing America's 
Surface Transportation Act, enacted on December 4, 2015, agencies are 
to publish completion dates for all federal environmental reviews and 
authorizations. This notice identifies the Commission's anticipated 
schedule for issuance of the final order for the project, which is 
based on the revised issuance date for the final NEPA document. 
Accordingly, we currently anticipate issuing a final order for the 
project no later than:

Issuance of Final Order November 19, 2026

    If a schedule change becomes necessary, an additional notice will 
be provided so that interested parties and government agencies are kept 
informed of the project's progress.

    Dated: November 15, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-25709 Filed 11-20-23; 8:45 am]
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