Black Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project and Public Comment Sessions Soliciting Comments

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14787-004] In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969  [ 1 ] and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations, 18 CFR part 380 , the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for license for the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project (FERC No. 14787) and has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental effects of licensing the 972-megawatt project. The project would be located at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) Seminoe Reservoir on the North Platte River in Carbon County, Wyoming, approximately 35 miles northeast of Rawlins, Wyoming. The project would occupy 1,025.94 acres of land managed by Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 77.00 acres managed by Reclamation, and 830 acres of private lands. Reclamation, BLM, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Western Area Power Administration, the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District, the Medicine Bow Conservation District, and the Carbon County Board of Commissioners participated as cooperating agencies to prepare the EIS. The draft EIS contains an analysis of the applicant's proposal and the alternatives for licensing the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project. The draft EIS documents the views of governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, affected Native-American Tribes, the public, the license applicant, …