[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 21, 2021)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4881-031]


Ada County, Idaho Fulcrum LLC; 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.: 4881-031.
    c. Date filed: November 30, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Ada County, Idaho; Fulcrum LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Barber Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Boise River, near the city of Boise, Ada 
County, Idaho. 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: Nicholas Josten, 2742 St. Charles Ave., Idaho 
Falls, Idaho 83404; 208-520-5135.
    i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, 503-552-2762, [email protected].
    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: January 31, 2022.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at 
http://www.ferc.gov/doc-sfiling/ecomment.asp. You must include your 
name and contact information at the end of your comments. In lieu of 
electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via 
the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier 
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. The 
first page of any filing should include docket number P-4881-031. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Barber Dam Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 1,100-foot-long earthen embankment dam; (2) a 400-
foot-long, 25-foot-high concrete capped timber crib spillway section; 
(3) a powerhouse containing two 1,850-kilowatt generating units; (4) a 
trash sluiceway; (5) a 75-acre impoundment; (6) a 100-foot-long 
concrete tailrace; (7) 120 feet of transmission line; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The project is operated in a run-of-river mode 
and generates an average of 11,900 megawatt-hours per year. The 
licensee proposes to modify the existing spillway to incorporate a 
variable elevation weir, and to modify the plant operating system to 
control the variable weir so that water is automatically bypassed to 
the Boise River when the powerhouse trips offline.
    o. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's 
website at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has 
suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference Room due to the 
proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) issued on March 13, 2020. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. 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.

Additional Study Requests due--January 2022
Issue Deficiency Letter (if needed)--January 2022
Request for Additional Information (if needed)--January 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--April 2022
Issue Determination on Additional Study Requests--April 2022

    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: December 14, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-27565 Filed 12-20-21; 8:45 am]
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