[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6247-6248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01872]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2533-062]


Brainerd Public Utilities; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment

    On March 1, 2021, Brainerd Public Utilities filed a relicense 
application for the 3.5425-megawatt Brainerd Hydroelectric Project No. 
2533 (project). The project is located on the Mississippi River, in the 
City of Brainerd, in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The project does not 
occupy federal land.
    In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on November 1, 
2022, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for 
environmental analysis (REA notice). Based on the information in the 
record, 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 relicense the 
project.

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    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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                Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues EA....................  August 2023.\1\
Comments on EA..........................  September 2023.
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Patrick Ely 
at [email protected] or (202) 502-8570.
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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 
Boyne River Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's 
regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance 
date of this notice.

    Dated: January 24, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01872 Filed 1-30-23; 8:45 am]
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