Document ID: FERC-2023-0013-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Idaho Power Co.
Posted Date: 2023-01-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1219-1220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00099]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1971-134]

Idaho Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission or FERC) 
regulations, 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 380, Commission 
staff reviewed Idaho Power Company's application for a non-capacity 
amendment of the license for the Hells Canyon Project No. 1971 and have 
prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA). The licensee proposes to 
amend the license to replace and rebuild the Oxbow Fish Hatchery 
facilities. As proposed, the licensee would remove the Oxbow Fish 
Hatchery building, adjacent cooling unit, abandoned raceways in the 
northeast corner of the site, the abandoned raceway west of the 
existing hatchery building, holding ponds, sorting and spawning 
equipment, and a garage/storage building. The licensee proposes to add 
the following: (1) a larger set of holding ponds with an open-air 
structure covering them; (2) a masonry sorting and spawning building; 
(3) a wood-framed hatchery building; (4) a wood-framed shop and storage 
building; (5) a surface water intake structure and aeration tower; and 
(6) a new visitor kiosk that would include interpretive and educational 
information. The project consists of the Brownlee, Oxbow, and Hells 
Canyon developments, and is located on the Snake River in Adams and 
Washington counties, Idaho, and in Baker, Wallowa, and Malheur 
counties, Oregon. The project occupies federal lands administered by 
the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
    The EA contains Commission staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental effects of the proposed amendment, and concludes that it 
would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly 
affect the quality of the human environment.
    The Commission provides all interested persons with an opportunity 
to view and/or print the EA 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. For assistance, contact FERC

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Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at (866) 208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eSubscription.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    For further information, contact Marybeth Gay at 202-502-6125 or 
[email protected].

    Dated: December 29, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-00099 Filed 1-6-23; 8:45 am]
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