Notice2025-15275
Monroe City, Utah; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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August 12, 2025
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38776-38777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15275]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1517-029]
Monroe City, Utah; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Minor License.
b. Project No.: 1517-029.
c. Date filed: July 29, 2025.
d. Applicant: Monroe City, Utah.
e. Name of Project: Upper Monroe Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on Monroe Creek,
Shingle Creek, Serviceberry Creek, and First Left Hand Fork of Monroe
Creek near the town of Monroe City in Sevier County Utah. The project
affects 11.84 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Jenna Jorgensen, Jones and DeMille
Engineering; Phone at (435) 896-8266; or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7ddd2d9d9d699ddf7ddd8d9d2c4d6d9d3d3d2dadedbdbd299d4d8da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="19737c7777783773597376777c6a78777d7d7c747075757c377a7674">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Lee Baker at (202) 502-8554 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f693809384978492d894979d9384b690938495d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="62071407100310064c000309071022040710014c050d14">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
September 29, 2025.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For
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assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#195f5c4b5a56777570777c4a6c6969766b6d597f7c6b7a377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="490f0c1b0a06272520272c1a3c3939263b3d092f2c3b2a672e263f">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name
and docket number on the first page: Upper Monroe Hydroelectric Project
(P-1517-029).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing project works consist of: (1) a small diversion
structure on each of the following three streams: First Lefthand Fork
of Monroe Creek, Shingle Creek, and Serviceberry Creek; (2) an 11,200-
foot-long, 8-inch-diameter penstock leading from the diversion
structure on First Lefthand Fork of Monroe Creek to the powerhouse; (3)
a 3,500-foot-long 6-inch-diameter penstock leading from the diversion
structure on Shingle Creek to a point on the First Lefthand Fork
penstock 7,400 feet upstream from the powerhouse; (4) a 12,900-foot-
long 8-inch-diameter penstock leading from the diversion structure on
Serviceberry Creek to a point on the First Lefthand Fork penstock 15
feet upstream from the powerhouse; (5) a 500-square-foot rock masonry
and concrete powerhouse containing one generating unit with an
installed capacity of 260 kilowatts (kW); (6) a tailrace returning the
water to Monroe Creek; (7) a 0.82-mile-long, 12.5 kV three-phase
overhead transmission line extending from the powerhouse to Monroe
City's distribution line in Monroe Canyon; and (8) appurtenant
facilities.
Monroe City is not proposing any changes to project facilities or
operation.
o. Copies of the application may be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a> 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 Online
Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c2848790818dacaeabaca791b7b2b2adb0b682a4a7b0a1eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="edaba8bfaea28381848388be989d9d829f99ad8b889f8ec38a829b">[email protected]</span></a> or call tollfree, (866) 208-3676
or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. 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,
community organizations, 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#16594646567073647538717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6f9e6e6f6d0d3c4d598d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a>.
q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if September 27, 2025.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 1 for December 11, 2025.
comments.
Issue Acceptance Letter............ January 10, 2026.
Request Additional Information (if January 10, 2026.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if February 26, 2026.
necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for February 26, 2026.
Environmental Analysis.
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r. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: August 7, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-15275 Filed 8-11-25; 8:45 am]
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