Black Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project, Schedule for Environmental Review, and Request For 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] The staff of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requires additional environmental analysis to support its decision on a right-of-way (ROW) application for the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project No. 14787 (Seminoe Project). BLM staff, in cooperation with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) staff, will prepare a supplement (supplemental EIS) to the June 12, 2026 final environmental impact statement for the Seminoe Project. The supplemental EIS will supplement discussions of the environmental impacts of the proposed BLM ROW application associated with the Seminoe Project. Additionally, the BLM will discuss and analyze amending components of the Rawlins Resource Management Plan (RMP), listed in the Alternatives Considered section of this notice. The Seminoe Project would be located at the Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) Seminoe Reservoir on the North Platte River in Carbon County, Wyoming, approximately 35 miles northeast of Rawlins, Wyoming. [ 1 ] The BLM will use this supplemental EIS in its decision-making process in compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976. The schedule for preparing the supplemental EIS is discussed in the Schedule for Environmental Review section of this notice. As part of the NEPA review process, the BLM and Commission take into account concerns the pub…