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and conditions of the license after the
minor or minor part license expires,
until the Commission acts on its
application. If the licensee of such a
project has not filed an application for
a subsequent license, then it may be
required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b),
to continue project operations until the
Commission issues someone else a
license for the project or otherwise
orders disposition of the project.
If the project is subject to section 15
of the FPA, notice is hereby given that
an annual license for Project No. 3025
is issued to Green Mountain Power
Corporation for a period effective April
1, 2024, through March 31, 2025, or
until the issuance of a new license for
the project or other disposition under
the FPA, whichever comes first.
If issuance of a new license (or other
disposition) does not take place on or
before April 31, 2025, notice is hereby
given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c),
an annual license under section 15(a)(1)
of the FPA is renewed automatically
without further order or notice by the
Commission, unless the Commission
orders otherwise.
If the project is not subject to section
15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given
that Green Mountain Power Corporation
is authorized to continue operation of
the Kelley’s Falls Hydroelectric Project
under the terms and conditions of the
prior license until the issuance of a
subsequent license for the project or
other disposition under the FPA,
whichever comes first.
Dated: April 10, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–08079 Filed 4–15–24; 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; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.

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AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–

SUMMARY:

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598, Self-Certification for Entities
Seeking Exempt Wholesale Generator
Status or Foreign Utility Company
Status, OMB Control Number 1902–
0166, which will be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due May 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–598 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0166) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
(identified by Docket No. IC24–8–000)
by one of the following methods.
Electronic filing through https://
www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview is
preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by U.S. Postal Service mail or by hand
(including courier) delivery.
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (including courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: OMB submissions must
be formatted and filed in accordance
with submission guidelines at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Using the search function under the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’
to the right of the subject collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview. For user assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by email
at [email protected], or by
phone at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free).
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/ferconline/overview.

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Jean
Sonneman may be reached by email at
[email protected], or 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
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
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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

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

C.
Total number of
responses

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

E.
Total annual burden hours &
total annual cost

F.
Average Cost per
respondent
($)

(Column C × Column D)

(Column E ÷ Column 1)

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

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

(Column A × Column B)
300 ..................................

1

300

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: April 10, 2024.
Debbie-Anne Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–08075 Filed 4–15–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP24–80–000]

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Mississippi Hub, LLC; Notice of
Scoping Period Requesting Comments
on Environmental Issues for the
Proposed MS Hub Capacity Expansion
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental document that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the MS Hub Capacity Expansion Project
involving construction and operation of
facilities by Mississippi Hub, LLC (MS
Hub) in Simpson, Covington, and
2 Id.
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CFR 366.7(a).
4 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
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Jefferson Davis Counties, Mississippi.
The Commission will use this
environmental document in its
decision-making process to determine
whether the project is in the public
convenience and necessity.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies regarding the
project. As part of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
review process, the Commission takes
into account concerns the public may
have about proposals and the
environmental impacts that could result
from its action whenever it considers
the issuance of a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity. This
gathering of public input is referred to
as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the
scoping process is to focus the analysis
in the environmental document on the
important environmental issues.
Additional information about the
Commission’s NEPA process is
described below in the NEPA Process
and Environmental Document section of
this notice.
By this notice, the Commission
requests public comments on the scope
of issues to address in the
environmental document. To ensure
that your comments are timely and
properly recorded, please submit your
comments so that the Commission
receives them in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May
10, 2024. Comments may be submitted
in written form. Further details on how
to submit comments are provided in the
Public Participation section of this
notice.
Your comments should focus on the
potential environmental effects,

reasonable alternatives, and measures to
avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
Your input will help the Commission
staff determine what issues it needs to
evaluate in the environmental
document. Commission staff will
consider all written comments during
the preparation of the environmental
document.
If you submitted comments on this
project to the Commission before the
opening of this docket on March 5,
2024, you will need to file those
comments in Docket No. CP24–80–000
to ensure they are considered as part of
this proceeding.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and
local government representatives should
notify their constituents of this
proposed project and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about
the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the
proposed facilities. The company would
seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
easement agreement. You are not
required to enter into an agreement.
However, if the Commission approves
the project, the Natural Gas Act conveys
the right of eminent domain to the
company. Therefore, if you and the
company do not reach an easement
agreement, the pipeline company could
initiate condemnation proceedings in
court. In such instances, compensation
would be determined by a judge in
accordance with state law. The
Commission does not subsequently
grant, exercise, or oversee the exercise
of that eminent domain authority. The

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

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.

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