Notice2026-15880
PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
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Published
August 5, 2026
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 50532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-15880]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2722-023; Project No. 15373-000]
PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment
On September 10, 2024, PacifiCorp filed an application seeking an
exemption from the licensing requirements of Part 1 of the Federal
Power Act (conduit exemption, Pioneer Project No. 15373), and an
administrative surrender of the license for the Pioneer Project No.
2722. The project is located along the Ogden Canyon Conduit, near
Ogden, in Weber County, Utah, and occupies federal lands within the
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
PacifiCorp's application seeks a conduit exemption for the
hydropower project currently licensed as the Pioneer Project No. 597,
and an administrative surrender of the project's license. The proposal
does not involve any construction, modification, deconstruction, or
ground disturbance. PacifiCorp would continue operating the project as
it currently does; however, certain currently licensed facilities would
be administratively removed from the Commission's jurisdiction as part
of the license surrender (i.e., an intake structure; a 75-inch-
diameter, 5.5-mile-long flowline (Ogden Canyon Conduit); a 27-foot-high
by 35-foot-diameter surge tank; a 6-foot-diameter, 4,564-foot-long
steel penstock; a 3,000-foot-long tailrace canal; and other
appurtenances). Other facilities would remain under the Commission's
jurisdiction as part of the conduit exemption (i.e., a powerhouse
containing two generating units with an installed capacity of 5
megawatts and appurtenances).
On May 19, 2025, Commission staff issued public notice of the
application and established deadlines for filing comments, motions to
intervene, and protests by July 18, 2025, and reply comments by
September 2, 2025. On July 1, 2025, the Forest Service filed a notice
of intervention.
This notice identifies Commission staff's intention to prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy
Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for the project.\1\ Commission staff plans
to issue an EA by November 6, 2026. Revisions to the schedule may be
made as appropriate. The EA will be issued for a 30-day comment period.
All comments filed on the EA will be reviewed by staff and considered
in the Commission's final decision on the proceeding.
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\1\ The unique identification number for documents relating to
this environmental review is EAXX-019-20-000-1784124356.
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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#df908f8f9fb9baadbcf1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdf2ededfddbd8cfde93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a>.
Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Christopher
Chaney at (202) 502-6778 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#77141f051e040318071f120559141f1619120e371112051459101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d6e657f647e79627d65687f236e656c6368744d6b687f6e236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: July 31, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-15880 Filed 8-4-26; 8:45 am]
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