Notice2024-08202
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule for Draft and Final Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Project Relicense
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Published
April 17, 2024
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 27424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08202]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2853-073]
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Notice
of Revised Procedural Schedule for Draft and Final Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed Project Relicense
On June 30, 2022, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and
Conservation (Montana DNRC) filed an application for a new major
license for the 9.66-megawatt Broadwater Hydroelectric Project
(Broadwater Project; FERC No. 2853). On September 20, 2023, Commission
staff issued a notice of intent to prepare a draft and final
Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects of relicensing
the Broadwater Project. The notice of intent included an anticipated
schedule for issuing the draft and final EA. By this notice, Commission
staff is updating the procedural schedule for completing the draft and
final EAs. The revised schedule is shown below. Further revisions to
the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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\1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) (2022) require that EAs be completed
within 1 year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an
EA. See National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.,
as amended by section 107(g)(1)(B)(iii) of the Fiscal Responsibility
Act of 2023, Public Law 118-5, 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.
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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues draft EA................ May 2024.
Comments on draft EA...................... June 2024.
Commission issues final EA................ August 2024.\1\
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Ingrid
Brofman at (202) 502-8347, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c28baca5b0aba6eca0b0ada4afa3ac82a4a7b0a1eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84cdeae3f6ede0aae6f6ebe2e9e5eac4e2e1f6e7aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: April 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-08202 Filed 4-16-24; 8:45 am]
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