[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 60154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21478]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14514-003]


Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit Corporation, DBA Elfin Cove 
Utility Commission; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Assessment

    On August 24, 2020, the Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit 
Corporation DBA Elfin Cove Utility Commission (Elfin Cove) filed an 
application for an original minor license to construct and operate the 
105-kilowatt Crooked Creek and Jim's Lake Hydroelectric Project No. 
14514 (project). The proposed project would be located on Crooked Creek 
and Jim's Lake near the community of Elfin Cove, in the Sitka Recording 
District, Unorganized Borough, Alaska. The project would occupy 10.5 
acres of federal land in the Tongass National Forest, managed by the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.
    In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on June 27, 2022, 
Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for 
environmental analysis (REA Notice). Based on the information in the 
record, including comments filed on the REA Notice, staff does not 
anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. 
Therefore, staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on 
the application to license the Crooked Creek and Jim's Lake Project.
    The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested 
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and 
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
    The application will be processed according to the following 
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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    \1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations 
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1 
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This 
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the 
Crooked Creek and Jim's Lake Project. Therefore, in accordance with 
CEQ's regulations, the final EA must be issued within 1 year of the 
issuance date of this notice.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues EA......................  March 2023.\1\
Comments on EA............................  April 2023.
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to John 
Matkowski at (202) 502-8576 or [email protected].

    Dated: September 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-21478 Filed 10-3-22; 8:45 am]
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