Notice2022-18230
PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
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Published
August 24, 2022
Issuing agencies
Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 51972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18230]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2420-059]
PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment
On March 28, 2022, PacifiCorp filed an application for a major, new
license for the 30-megawatt Cutler Hydroelectric Project (Cutler
Project; FERC No. 2420). The Cutler Project is located on the Bear
River in Box Elder and Cache Counties, Utah. No federal or tribal lands
occur within the project boundary or along the Bear River downstream of
the project. There are three parcels of land located in Cutler Canyon
adjacent to the project boundary that are administered by the Bureau of
Land Management.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on July 6, 2022,
Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for
environmental analysis (REA Notice). Based on the information in the
record, including comments filed on the REA Notice, staff does not
anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
Therefore, staff intends to prepare a draft and final Environmental
Assessment (EA) on the application to relicense the Cutler Project.
The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
The application will be processed according to the following
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues draft EA................ February 2023.
Comments on draft EA...................... April 2023.
Commission issues final EA................ August 2023.\1\
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Khatoon
Melick at (202) 502-8433 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea81828b9e858584c4878f86838981aa8c8f9889c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0dbd8d1c4dfdfde9eddd5dcd9d3dbf0d6d5c2d39ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>.
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\1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare a draft and
final EA for the Cutler Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's
regulations, the final EA must be issued within 1 year of the
issuance date of this notice.
Dated: August 18, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18230 Filed 8-23-22; 8:45 am]
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