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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[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&#160;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&#160;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&#160;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&#160;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&#160;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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