Notice2025-22342
International Falls Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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December 9, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57041-57042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22342]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 5223-040]
International Falls Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing 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 Major License.
b. Project No.: 5223-040.
c. Date filed: November 24, 2025.
d. Applicant: International Falls Power Company.
e. Name of Project: International Falls Hydroelectric Project
(project).
f. Location: The project is located on the Rainy River in
Koochiching and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota.
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Pflederer Assistant
Superintendent--Power/Recovery PCA--International Falls, MN, 400 2nd
Street International Falls, MN 56649; telephone: 218-324-3931; or
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ecbe838e899e98bc8a808988899e899eac9c8d8f878d8b85828b8f839e9cc28f8381"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94c6fbf6f1e6e0c4f2f8f1f0f1e6f1e6d4e4f5f7fff5f3fdfaf3f7fbe6e4baf7fbf9">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Colleen Corballis at (202) 502-8598; or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#31525e5d5d54545f1f525e4353505d5d584271575443521f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6c5c9cacac3c3c888c5c9d4c4c7cacacfd5e6c0c3d4c588c1c9d0">[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
January 23, 2026.
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>. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 10,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
<a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp</a>. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9afacbbaaa6878580878cba9c9999869b9da98f8c9b8ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="54121106171b3a383d3a31072124243b262014323126377a333b22">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic
filing, please send a paper copy via U.S. Postal Service 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, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-5223-040.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The project consists of: (1) a 48,296.3-acre impoundment (Rainy
Lake) having a storage capacity of 1,545,482 acre-feet at elevation
1,108.1 feet mean sea level; (2) a 170-foot-long masonry overflow
gravity section; (3) a 215-foot-long powerhouse integral with the dam
containing seven turbine-generator units with a total installed
capacity of 14.45 megawatts; (4) 6.9-kilovolt generator leads
connecting the project to the non-project International Falls Mill; and
(5) appurtenant facilities.
The project is operated pursuant to the orders of the International
Joint Commission, established by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909
between the United States of America (U.S.A) and Canada. The project
dam spans between the U.S.A. and Canada, but the project boundary only
encompasses the U.S.A. side of the dam.
o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (<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 (P-
5223). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97d1d2c5d4d8f9fbfef9f2c4e2e7e7f8e5e3d7f1f2e5f4b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e282b3c2d21000207000b3d1b1e1e011c1a2e080b1c0d40090118">[email protected]</span></a>,
(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</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. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#410e111101272433226f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="78372828381e1d0a1b561f170e">[email protected]</span></a>.
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: 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 and Request March 2026.
Additional Information.
Issue Acceptance Letter and Notice....... June 2026.
Issue Scoping Notice..................... June 2026.
Scoping Comments due..................... July 2026.
Issue Ready for Environmental Analysis August 2026.
Notice.
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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.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: December 4, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-22342 Filed 12-8-25; 8:45 am]
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