PacifiCorp; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

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. 2722-023; Project No. 15373-000] 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 ins…