Notice2024-15077
Idaho Power Company; Notice of Availability and Adoption of Final Environmental Assessment
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July 10, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56747-56748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15077]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2055-109]
Idaho Power Company; Notice of Availability and Adoption of Final
Environmental Assessment
Pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) is an application filed by Idaho Power Company (licensee)
to permit a non-project use of project lands and waters for the purpose
of permitting a water withdrawal from the C.J. Strike Hydroelectric
Project FERC No. 2055. The water withdrawal would provide raw water to
Mountain Home Airforce Base. In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Commission's regulations
at 18 CFR part 380, and the Council on Environment Quality regulations
for implementing NEPA at 40 CFR 1506.3(c), Commission staff have
decided to adopt an Environmental Assessment (EA) produced by Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) for the proposed intake facility, pumping
station, and pipeline for the proposed project. In determining whether
to adopt the EA, Commission staff independently reviewed the EA. The
actions analyzed by BLM are substantially the same as those being
proposed in the licensee's application, and therefore, Commission staff
concludes that the EA adequately assesses the environmental impacts of
the proposed action and can be adopted. Commission staff also agrees
with the BLM's finding that the proposed water withdrawal is not a
major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human
environment.
The licensee proposes to allow Idaho Water Resources Board to
construct an intake facility and pumping station within the C.J. Strike
Hydroelectric Project's boundary to withdraw water
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from the project reservoir. Most of the pipeline used to deliver the
raw water to Mountain Home AirForce Base is outside of the project
boundary on lands administered by BLM. The lands within the project
boundary proposed for the location of the water withdrawal are also
lands administered by BLM.
The BLM EA titled ``Establishment of a Sustainable Water Supply for
Mountain Home Airforce Base, Idaho'', can be viewed through links
contained in Idaho Power Company's response to the Commission's
additional information request, filed in the Commission's eLibrary
system on May 8, 2024, under Docket P-2055. The licensee's filing also
contains BLM's recent amendment to the EA and Statement of Adequacy as
an attachment.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91dec1c1d1f7f4e3f2bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdb2adadbd9b988f9ed39a928b">[email protected]</span></a>.
For further information, contact Michael Calloway at 202-502-8041
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#de93b7bdb6bfbbb2f0bdbfb2b2b1a9bfa79eb8bbacbdf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95d8fcf6fdf4f0f9bbf6f4f9f9fae2f4ecd5f3f0e7f6bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: July 2, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-15077 Filed 7-9-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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