Document ID: FERC-2019-0094-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Barber Dam Hydroelectric Project
Posted Date: 2019-02-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3427-3428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02082]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4881-028]

Barber Dam Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Intent To File 
License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use 
of the Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 4881-028.
    c. Date Filed: November 29, 2018.
    d. Submitted By: Fulcrum, LLC and Ada County, Idaho (co-licensees).
    e. Name of Project: Barber Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Boise River, in Ada County, Idaho. No federal 
lands are occupied by the project works or located within the project 
boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing 
Manager, Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, 
Suite 300, Andover, MA 01810; (978) 935-6039; email at 
Kevin.Webb@enel.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip at (503) 552-2762; or email at 
matt.cutlip@ferc.gov.
    j. The co-licensees filed their request to use the Traditional 
Licensing Process on November 29, 2018. The co-licensees provided 
public notice of their request on December 13, 2018. In a letter dated 
February 5, 2019, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing 
approved the co-licensees' request to use the Traditional Licensing 
Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries 
Service under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint 
agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR part 402; and National Marine 
Fisheries Service under section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 
600.920. We are also initiating consultation with the Idaho State 
Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National 
Historic Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating the co-licensees as the 
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act; and 
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act.
    m. The co-licensees filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; 
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, 
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website 
(http://www.ferc.gov), using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number,

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excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in paragraph h.
    o. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: February 6, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02082 Filed 2-11-19; 8:45 am]
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