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preferential, or otherwise unlawful.
Nestlewood Solar 1 LLC, 186 FERC
¶ 61,050 (2024).
The refund effective date in Docket
No. EL24–51–000, established pursuant
to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Any interested person desiring to be
heard in Docket No. EL24–51–000 must
file a notice of intervention or motion to
intervene, as appropriate, with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
in accordance with Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2022),
within 21 days of the date of issuance
of the order.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (http://
www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. From
FERC’s Home Page on the internet, this
information is available on eLibrary.
The full text of this document is
available on eLibrary in PDF and
Microsoft Word format for viewing,
printing, and/or downloading. To access
this document in eLibrary, type the
docket number excluding the last three
digits of this document in the docket
number field. User assistance is
available for eLibrary and the FERC’s
website during normal business hours
from FERC Online Support at 202–502–
6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or
email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or
the Public Reference Room at (202) 502–
8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the
Public Reference Room at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
In lieu of electronic filing, you may
submit a paper copy. Submissions sent
via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
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landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: January 19, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01463 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC24–8–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–598); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection FERC–
598 (Self-Certification for Entities
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator or
Foreign Utility Company Status).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC24–8–000)
by any of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• U.S. Postal Service Mail: Persons
unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
• Effective July 1, 2020, delivery of
filings other than by eFiling or the U.S.
Postal Service should be delivered to
Health and Human Services, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at: ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by
phone at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
SUMMARY:

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Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at: https://www.ferc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
Sonneman may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov or by
telephone at (202) 502–6362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–598, Self-Certification for
Entities Seeking Exempt Wholesale
Generator or Foreign Utility Company
Status.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0166.
Type of Request: Three-year renewal
of FERC–598.
Abstract: Under 42 U.S.C. 16452(a),
public utility holding companies and
their associates must maintain, and
make available to the Commission,
certain books, accounts, memoranda,
and other records. The pertinent records
are those that the Commission has
determined: (1) are relevant to costs
incurred by a public utility or natural
gas company that is an associate
company of such holding company; and
(2) are necessary or appropriate for the
protection of utility customers with
respect to jurisdictional rates.
Public utility holding companies and
their associates may seek exemption
from this requirement. The pertinent
statutory and regulatory provisions, 42
U.S.C. 16454 and 18 CFR 366.7,
authorize such entities to file with the
Commission a notice of self-certification
demonstrating that they are ‘‘exempt
wholesale generators’’ (EWGs) or
‘‘foreign utility companies’’ (FUCOs). If
the Commission takes no action on a
good-faith self-certification filing within
60 days after the date of filing, the
applicant is exempt from the
requirements of 42 U.S.C. 16452(a).
An EWG is defined as ‘‘any person
engaged directly, or indirectly through
one or more affiliates . . . and
exclusively in the business of owning or
operating, or both owning and
operating, all or part of one or more
eligible facilities and selling electric
energy at wholesale.’’ 1 A FUCO is
defined as ‘‘any company that owns or
operates facilities that are not located in
any state and that are used for the
generation, transmission, or distribution
of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, if such company: (1) derives no
part of its income, directly or indirectly,
from the generation, transmission, or
distribution of electric energy for sale or
the distribution at retail of natural or
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manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, within the United States; and (2)
[n]either the company nor any of its
subsidiary companies is a public-utility
company operating in the United
States.’’ 2
In the case of EWGs, the person filing
a notice of self-certification must also

file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory
authority of the state in which the
facility is located. In addition, that
person must represent to the
Commission in its submission that it has
filed a copy of the notice with the
appropriate state regulatory authority.3

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Type of Respondents: EWGs and
FUCOs.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 5 for this information
collection as follows.

FERC–598
[Self-certification for entities seeking exempt wholesale generator status or foreign utility company status]
A.
Number of respondents
(EWGs and
FUCOs)

B.
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

D.
Average
burden hrs.
& cost ($)
per response

C.
Total
number of
responses
(Column A ×
Column B)

300 .......................................

1

Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: January 18, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01381 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

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[Project No. 3240–040—New Hampshire
Rolfe Canal Hydroelectric Project; Project
No. 6689–018—New Hampshire Penacook
Upper Falls Hydroelectric Project; Project
No. 3342–025—New Hampshire Penacook
Lower Falls Hydroelectric Project]

300

6 hrs.; $600 ........................

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) a copy of its applications
for Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1)
water quality certifications filed with
the New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services, in conjunction
with the above captioned projects.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6 and section
[4.34(b)(5), 5.23(b), 153.4, or 157.22] of
the Commission’s regulations,1 we
hereby notify the New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services
of the following:
Date of Receipt of the Certification
Requests: November 28, 2023.
Reasonable Period of Time to Act on
the Certification Requests: One year,
November 28, 2024.
If the New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services fails or refuses
to act on the water quality certification
requests on or before the above date,
then the agency certifying authority is
deemed waived pursuant to section
401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33
U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).
Dated: January 19, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01469 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am]
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Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of
Waiver Period for Water Quality
Certification Application
On November 28, 2023, Briar Hydro
Associates, LLC submitted to the
Id.
18 CFR 366.7(a).
4 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information
2
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to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
5 The Commission staff thinks that the average
respondent for this collection is similarly situated

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E.
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost

F.
Average
cost per
respondent
($)

(Column C × Column D)

(Column E ÷
Column 1)

1,800 hrs.; $180,000 ...............

$600

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER24–935–000]

Frederick Energy Storage LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
Frederick Energy Storage LLC’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is February 8,
2024.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
to the Commission, in terms of salary plus benefits.
Based upon FERC’s FY 2024 annual full-time
equivalent average of $207,786 (for salary plus
benefits), the average hourly cost is $100 per hour.
1 18 CFR [4.34(b)(5)/5.23(b)/153.4/157.22].

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