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Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule

Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1494-438] This notice revises the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) schedule for process...

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  1. [Project No. 1494-438]

This notice revises the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) schedule for processing the relicense application for the Pensacola Hydroelectric Project No. 1494, which was filed by Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) on May 30, 2023. On June 5, 2023, Commission staff issued a notice of application tendered for filing, which included an initial processing schedule.

On September 3, 2026, GRDA filed a Draft Contaminated Sediment Transport Study Report (Draft Report) and requested comments by November 2, 2026.[1] On October 13 and October 14, 2026, the City of Miami and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (joined by the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, and Seneca Cayuga Nation; collectively, the Tribes), respectively, requested a 30-day extension of time for parties to submit comments on GRDA's Draft Report.[2] Commission staff granted the requests on October 26, 2026, and also granted GRDA's October 14, 2026 request for a 30-day extension to file a final contaminated sediment transport study report.

By this notice, Commission staff is updating the procedural schedule. The revised schedule is shown below. Further revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

Milestone Target date
Submit comments on the Draft Report December 2, 2026.
( printed page 68503)
Submit final report to the Commission, including documentation of consultation with Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (Oklahoma DEQ), the City of Miami, the Tribes, and other affected stakeholders, copies of comments and recommendations, and specific descriptions of how comments from Oklahoma DEQ, the City of Miami, the Tribes, and other stakeholders were accommodated in the report January 31, 2027.
Issue Notice of Acceptance and Ready for Environmental Analysis March 17, 2027.

Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Erin Kimsey by email at or by telephone at (202) 502-8621.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)

Dated: October 26, 2026.

Debbie-Anne A. Reese,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  Commission staff issued a study plan modification determination on September 23, 2025, requiring GRDA to conduct a desktop study of contaminated sediment transport, provide a 30-day comment period for a draft report, and file a final report by April 21, 2026. GRDA subsequently filed requests for 180-day and 45-day extensions to file a final report, which staff granted on December 12, 2025, and August 28, 2026, respectively. Staff's December 12, 2025, response also provided a 30-day extension of the draft report comment period, making it 60 days.

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2.  On October 20, 2026, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma filed a letter of support for the City of Miami and the Tribes request for a 30-day extension of time.

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[FR Doc. 2026-22134 Filed 10-29-26; 8:45 am]

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