City of Thief River Falls Municipal Utilities; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.

b. Project No.: 11546-023.

c. Date filed: August 28, 2026.

d. Applicant: City of Thief River Falls Municipal Utilities.

e. Name of Project: Municipal Power Dam Hydroelectric Project (project).

f. Location: On the Red Lake River, in the City of Thief River Falls, in Pennington County, Minnesota.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Ronnie Lund, Chief Power Plant Operator, City of Thief River Falls, P.O. Box 528, 1711 1st Street West, Thief River Falls, MN 56701-0528, phone (218) 681-3506.

i. FERC Contact: David Graefe, (202) 502-6137, david.graefe@ferc.gov.

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.

l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 27, 2026.

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission's eFiling system at ferconline.ferc.gov/​FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 10,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at ferconline.ferc.gov/​QuickComment.aspx. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy via U.S. Postal Service to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-11546-023.

m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time.

n. Project Description: The project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a 160-acre reservoir; (2) a 193-foot-long, 24.5-foot-high concrete gravity spillway dam with three Tainter gates and four fixed-crest sections with flashboards; (3) one 220-foot-long earthen embankment connecting the concrete spillway to the powerhouse; (4) a 37-foot-long, 31-foot-high powerhouse containing two vertical Francis type turbines, with a total generating capacity of 0.55 megawatts; (5) a substation north of the powerhouse; (6) 50-foot-long transmission lines; and (7) appurtenant facilities.

The project is operated as a run-of-river facility for the purpose of generating electric power. City of Thief River Falls Municipal Utilities is not proposing any changes to project facilities or operation.

o. A copy of the application may be viewed on the Commission's website at 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. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

You may also register online at ferconline.ferc.gov/​FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

p. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or OPP@ferc.gov.

q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)