Notice2025-23941

City of Pelican, AK; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

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December 30, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61137-61138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23941]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10198-033]


City of Pelican, AK; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing 
and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    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.\1\
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    \1\ The licensee filed an application for a subsequent license, 
but because the existing license did not include a waiver of 
sections 14 and 15 of the FPA, any license issued in response to 
this application will be a new license pursuant to 18 CFR 16.2(a).''
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    b. Project No.: 10198-033.
    c. Date filed: September 16, 2024.
    d. Applicant: City of Pelican.
    e. Name of Project: Pelican Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Pelican Creek in the 
City of Pelican, Alaska. The project does not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mayor Barry Bryant and City Administrator 
Susana Stinnett, City of Pelican, P.O. Box 737, Pelican, AK 99832; 907-
735-2202; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8fe2eef6e0fdcfffeae3e6eceee1ece6fbf6a1e0fde8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f424e56405d6f5f4a43464c4e414c465b5601405d48">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7110151c181f1802050310051e033101141d1812101f121805085f1e0316"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d1c19101413140e090f1c09120f3d0d1811141e1c131e14090453120f1a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    i. FERC Contact: Ingrid Brofman, 202-502-8347, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#375e5950455e5319554558515a5659775152455419505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4cdcac3d6cdc08ac6d6cbc2c9c5cae4c2c1d6c78ac3cbd2">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: on or 
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 17, 2025.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, and protests 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#ffb9baadbcb0919396919aac8a8f8f908d8bbf999a8d9cd1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="55131007161a3b393c3b30062025253a272115333027367b323a23">[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: Pelican 
Hydroelectric Project (P-10198-033).
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Pelican Hydroelectric Project consists of the following 
existing facilities: (1) a 12-foot-wide by 22-foot-high rock-filled 
crib dam buttressed with steel A-frames impounding a reservoir with a 
net storage capacity of approximately 4.4 acre-feet at an elevation of 
143 feet mean sea level; (2) a rectangular steel and concrete intake

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structure; (3) a 48-inch-diameter, 704-foot-long high density 
polyethylene pipe leading to a surge tank; (4) a 42-inch-diameter, 316-
foot-long high density polyethylene penstock; (5) a powerhouse 
containing two generating units rated at 600 kW and 100 kW; (6) a 80-
foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt transmission line; (7) a 480/4,160-volt, 0.75-
megavolt-ampere step-up transformer; (8) a 500-foot-long access road; 
and (9) appurtenant facilities. The City of Pelican proposes to 
continue to operate the project in a run-of-river mode.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review 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.
    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.
    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#652a353525030017064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="79362929391f1c0b1a571e160f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    n. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in accordance 
with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 
385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but only those 
who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's 
Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to 
intervene must be received on or before the specified deadline date for 
the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION
    TO INTERVENE,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION,'' 
or ``COMPETING APPLICATION;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of 
the applicant and the project number of the application to which the 
filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of 
the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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Issue Scoping Document Notice...........  January 2026.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental   March 2026.
 Analysis.
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(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)

    Dated: December 19, 2025
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-23941 Filed 12-29-25; 8:45 am]
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