80 FR 13531 - PacifiCorp Energy; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-05870 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 13531-13532] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-05870] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 308-007] PacifiCorp Energy; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Subsequent License (Minor Project). b. Project No.: 308-007. c. Date filed: February 28, 2014. d. Applicant: PacifiCorp Energy (PacifiCorp). e. Name of Project: Wallowa Falls Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The existing project is located on Royal Purple Creek and the East and West Forks of the Wallowa River in Wallowa County, Oregon. The project would occupy 12.7 acres of federal land managed by the United States Forest Service. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825 (r). h. Applicant Contact: Russ Howison, Relicensing Project Manager, PacifiCorp Energy, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, OR 97232; Telephone (503) 813-6626. i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, (503) 552-2762 or [email protected]. j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-308-007. The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready for environmental analysis. l. Project Description: The existing Wallowa Falls Hydroelectric Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 2-foot- high, 9-foot-long concrete diversion dam with a 1-foot-wide spillway on Royal Purple Creek; (2) a 240-foot-long, 8-inch-diameter wood-stave and polyvinylchloride pipeline conveying water from the Royal Purple Creek diversion dam to an impoundment; (3) an 18-foot-high, 125-foot-long, buttressed rock-filled timber crib dam with impervious gravel and asphalt core and a 30-foot-wide spillway on the East Fork Wallowa River (East Fork); (4) a 0.2-acre impoundment; (5) a 2-foot-high by 2-foot- wide concrete intake structure with a headgate and steel trash rack; (6) a low-level sluiceway with a steel trash rack and cast iron gate connecting to a 2-foot-diameter steel pipe passing through the [[Page 13532]] dam to provide instream flow releases to the bypassed reach; (7) a 5,688-foot-long steel penstock varying in diameter from 24 to 16 inches and consisting of buried sections or above-ground sections supported on timber crib trestles; (8) a powerhouse containing one impulse turbine- generator unit with an installed capacity of 1,100 kilowatts; (9) a 40- foot-long concrete-lined tailrace which conveys powerhouse flows to a 1,000-foot-long unlined and braided tailrace channel discharging into the West Fork Wallowa River (West Fork); (10) a 20-foot-long, 7.2- kilovolt transmission line which connects to the Wallowa Falls substation; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The project currently generates an average of 7 million kilowatt- hours annually. The dams and existing project facilities are owned by PacifiCorp. The project is operated run-of-river. Up to 1 cubic feet per second (cfs) of flow is diverted from Royal Purple Creek and discharged into the impoundment. Up to 16 cfs of water (i.e., 15 cfs maximum from East Fork and 1 cfs from Royal Purple Creek) is diverted through the intake structure at the East Fork dam into the steel penstock and conveyed to the powerhouse where it flows through the single impulse turbine and discharges through the tailrace into the West Fork. The project's current license requires a minimum instream flow release of 0.5 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, in the bypassed reach. The current license also mandates that PacifiCorp restrict sediment flushing from the impoundment to the period from May 1 to August 30 to protect kokanee salmon. PacifiCorp proposes to modify the existing facilities by: (1) Extending the existing 8-inch Royal Purple Creek diversion pipe approximately 20 feet to discharge directly into the East Fork upstream of the project impoundment to reduce erosion, (2) realigning the existing tailrace channel and constructing a permanent fish passage barrier and concrete outfall at its confluence with the West Fork to prevent fish from entering the tailrace channel, (3) improving existing and constructing new recreational facilities to enhance recreation in the project area, and (4) installing and operating flow monitoring equipment at the historic U.S. Geological Survey gage in the East Fork bypassed reach to monitor compliance with minimum flows. PacifiCorp also proposes to: Increase the minimum flow release in the bypassed reach to 4 cfs from November through April and 5 cfs from May through October, and modify the sediment management program to only enable sediment flushing during the high-flow month of June. PacifiCorp proposes to modify the project boundary by adding about 8.4 acres to encompass a total of 26.4 acres of land necessary for project purposes and for operation and maintenance. m. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 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. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to the following revised Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milestone Target date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Filing of recommendations, May 2015. preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions. Commission issues EA................. September 2015. Comments on EA....................... October 2015. Modified terms and conditions........ December 2015. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice. p. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date of issuance of the notice of ready for environmental analysis provided for in 5.22: (1) A copy of the water quality certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. Dated: March 6, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-05870 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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about antibiotic resistance and from comments and documents to PCAST is i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, (503)
presenters who will talk about Arctic available at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 552–2762 or matt.cutlip@ferc.gov.
policy. Additional information and the pcast in the section entitled ‘‘Connect j. Deadline for filing comments,
agenda, including any changes that with PCAST.’’ recommendations, preliminary terms
arise, will be posted at the PCAST Web Please note that because PCAST and conditions, and preliminary
site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ operates under the provisions of FACA, prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance
pcast. all public comments and/or date of this notice; reply comments are
Closed Portion of the Meeting: PCAST presentations will be treated as public due 105 days from the issuance date of
may hold a closed meeting of documents and will be made available this notice.
approximately 1 hour with the President for public inspection, including being The Commission strongly encourages
on March 27, 2015, which must take posted on the PCAST Web site. This electronic filing. Please file comments,
place in the White House for the notice is being published less than 15 recommendations, preliminary terms
President’s scheduling convenience and days prior to the meeting date due to and conditions, and preliminary
to maintain Secret Service protection. inclement weather and programmatic fishway prescriptions using the
This meeting will be closed to the issues, and members’ availability. Commission’s eFiling system at http://
public because such portion of the Meeting Accommodations: www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
meeting is likely to disclose matters that Individuals requiring special Commenters can submit brief comments
are to be kept secret in the interest of accommodation to access this public up to 6,000 characters, without prior
national defense or foreign policy under meeting should contact Dr. Ashley registration, using the eComment system
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). Predith at least ten business days prior at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Public Comments: It is the policy of to the meeting so that appropriate ecomment.asp. You must include your
the PCAST to accept written public arrangements can be made. name and contact information at the end
comments of any length, and to of your comments. For assistance,
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 10,
accommodate oral public comments 2015.
please contact FERC Online Support at
whenever possible. The PCAST expects FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
LaTanya R. Butler,
that public statements presented at its 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
meetings will not be repetitive of Deputy Committee Management Officer. (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
previously submitted oral or written [FR Doc. 2015–05945 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
statements. BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
The public comment period for this First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
meeting will take place on March 27, The first page of any filing should
2015 at a time specified in the meeting DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY include docket number P–308–007.
agenda posted on the PCAST Web site The Commission’s Rules of Practice
at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. Federal Energy Regulatory require all intervenors filing documents
This public comment period is designed Commission with the Commission to serve a copy of
only for substantive commentary on [Project No. 308–007] that document on each person on the
PCAST’s work, not for business official service list for the project.
marketing purposes. PacifiCorp Energy; Notice of Further, if an intervenor files comments
Oral Comments: To be considered for Application Ready for Environmental or documents with the Commission
the public speaker list at the meeting, Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, relating to the merits of an issue that
interested parties should register to Recommendations, Preliminary Terms may affect the responsibilities of a
speak at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ and Conditions, and Preliminary particular resource agency, they must
pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Fishway Prescriptions also serve a copy of the document on
Time on March 19, 2015. Phone or that resource agency.
email reservations will not be accepted. Take notice that the following k. This application has been accepted
To accommodate as many speakers as hydroelectric application has been filed for filing and is now ready for
possible, the time for public comments with the Commission and is available environmental analysis.
will be limited to two (2) minutes per for public inspection. l. Project Description: The existing
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Wallowa Falls Hydroelectric Project
person, with a total public comment
License (Minor Project). consists of the following existing
period of up to 15 minutes. If more b. Project No.: 308–007.
speakers register than there is space c. Date filed: February 28, 2014. facilities: (1) A 2-foot-high, 9-foot-long
available on the agenda, PCAST will d. Applicant: PacifiCorp Energy concrete diversion dam with a 1-foot-
randomly select speakers from among (PacifiCorp). wide spillway on Royal Purple Creek;
those who applied. Those not selected e. Name of Project: Wallowa Falls (2) a 240-foot-long, 8-inch-diameter
to present oral comments may always Hydroelectric Project. wood-stave and polyvinylchloride
file written comments with the f. Location: The existing project is pipeline conveying water from the
committee. Speakers are requested to located on Royal Purple Creek and the Royal Purple Creek diversion dam to an
bring at least 25 copies of their oral East and West Forks of the Wallowa impoundment; (3) an 18-foot-high, 125-
comments for distribution to the PCAST River in Wallowa County, Oregon. The foot-long, buttressed rock-filled timber
members. project would occupy 12.7 acres of crib dam with impervious gravel and
Written Comments: Although written federal land managed by the United asphalt core and a 30-foot-wide spillway
comments are accepted continuously, States Forest Service. on the East Fork Wallowa River (East
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written comments should be submitted g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Fork); (4) a 0.2-acre impoundment; (5) a
to PCAST no later than 12:00 p.m. Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825 (r). 2-foot-high by 2-foot-wide concrete
Eastern Time on March 19, 2015 so that h. Applicant Contact: Russ Howison, intake structure with a headgate and
the comments may be made available to Relicensing Project Manager, PacifiCorp steel trash rack; (6) a low-level
the PCAST members prior to this Energy, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1500, sluiceway with a steel trash rack and
meeting for their consideration. Portland, OR 97232; Telephone (503) cast iron gate connecting to a 2-foot-
Information regarding how to submit 813–6626. diameter steel pipe passing through the
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dam to provide instream flow releases to sediment flushing during the high-flow Milestone Target date
the bypassed reach; (7) a 5,688-foot-long month of June.
steel penstock varying in diameter from PacifiCorp proposes to modify the Modified terms and December 2015.
24 to 16 inches and consisting of buried project boundary by adding about 8.4 conditions.
sections or above-ground sections acres to encompass a total of 26.4 acres
supported on timber crib trestles; (8) a of land necessary for project purposes o. Final amendments to the
powerhouse containing one impulse and for operation and maintenance. application must be filed with the
turbine-generator unit with an installed m. A copy of the application is Commission no later than 30 days from
capacity of 1,100 kilowatts; (9) a 40-foot- available for review at the Commission the issuance date of this notice.
long concrete-lined tailrace which in the Public Reference Room or may be p. A license applicant must file no
conveys powerhouse flows to a 1,000- viewed on the Commission’s Web site at later than 60 days following the date of
foot-long unlined and braided tailrace http://www.ferc.gov using the issuance of the notice of ready for
channel discharging into the West Fork ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket environmental analysis provided for in
Wallowa River (West Fork); (10) a 20- number excluding the last three digits in 5.22: (1) A copy of the water quality
foot-long, 7.2-kilovolt transmission line the docket number field to access the certification; (2) a copy of the request for
which connects to the Wallowa Falls document. For assistance, contact FERC certification, including proof of the date
substation; and (11) appurtenant Online Support. A copy is also available on which the certifying agency received
facilities. for inspection and reproduction at the the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of
The project currently generates an address in item h above. water quality certification.
average of 7 million kilowatt-hours All filings must (1) bear in all capital
Dated: March 6, 2015.
annually. The dams and existing project letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY
COMMENTS,’’ Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
facilities are owned by PacifiCorp. The
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ Deputy Secretary.
project is operated run-of-river. Up to 1
cubic feet per second (cfs) of flow is ‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND [FR Doc. 2015–05870 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am]
diverted from Royal Purple Creek and CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
discharged into the impoundment. Up FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set
to 16 cfs of water (i.e., 15 cfs maximum forth in the heading the name of the
from East Fork and 1 cfs from Royal applicant and the project number of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Purple Creek) is diverted through the application to which the filing [FE Docket No. 14–173–LNG]
intake structure at the East Fork dam responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
into the steel penstock and conveyed to and telephone number of the person Downeast LNG, Inc.; Application for
the powerhouse where it flows through submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise Long-Term Authorization To Export
the single impulse turbine and comply with the requirements of 18 CFR Liquefied Natural Gas Produced From
discharges through the tailrace into the 385.2001 through 385.2005. All Domestic Natural Gas Resources to
West Fork. The project’s current license comments, recommendations, terms and Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries
requires a minimum instream flow conditions or prescriptions must set for a 20-Year Period
release of 0.5 cfs or inflow, whichever forth their evidentiary basis and
is less, in the bypassed reach. The otherwise comply with the requirements AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
current license also mandates that of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain ACTION: Notice of application.
PacifiCorp restrict sediment flushing copies of the application directly from
from the impoundment to the period the applicant. Each filing must be SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy
from May 1 to August 30 to protect accompanied by proof of service on all (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)
kokanee salmon. persons listed in the service list gives notice of receipt of an application
PacifiCorp proposes to modify the prepared by the Commission in this (Application), filed on October 15, 2014,
existing facilities by: (1) Extending the proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR by Downeast LNG, Inc. (DELNG),
existing 8-inch Royal Purple Creek 4.34(b) and 385.2010. requesting long-term, multi-contract
diversion pipe approximately 20 feet to Register online at http:// authorization to export domestically
discharge directly into the East Fork www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ produced natural gas in a volume
upstream of the project impoundment to esubscription.asp to be notified via equivalent to approximately 168 billion
reduce erosion, (2) realigning the email of new filings and issuances cubic feet (Bcf) per year, or
existing tailrace channel and related to this or other pending projects. approximately 0.46 Bcf per day. DELNG
constructing a permanent fish passage For assistance, contact FERC Online seeks authorization to export the natural
barrier and concrete outfall at its Support. gas as liquefied natural gas (LNG) by
confluence with the West Fork to n. Procedural Schedule: vessel from its proposed LNG terminal
prevent fish from entering the tailrace The application will be processed to be located in Robbinston, Maine,
channel, (3) improving existing and according to the following revised referred to as the Downeast LNG Import-
constructing new recreational facilities Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to Export Project.
to enhance recreation in the project the schedule may be made as DELNG requests authorization to
area, and (4) installing and operating appropriate. export LNG to any country with which
flow monitoring equipment at the the United States does not have a free
historic U.S. Geological Survey gage in Milestone Target date trade agreement (FTA) requiring
the East Fork bypassed reach to monitor national treatment for trade in natural
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compliance with minimum flows. Filing of recommenda- May 2015. gas and with which trade is not
tions, preliminary prohibited by U.S. law or policy (non-
PacifiCorp also proposes to: Increase the
terms and condi-
minimum flow release in the bypassed tions, and prelimi-
FTA countries). DELNG requests this
reach to 4 cfs from November through nary fishway pre- non-FTA export authorization for a 20-
April and 5 cfs from May through scriptions. year term to commence on the earlier of
October, and modify the sediment Commission issues EA September 2015. the date of first export or eight years
management program to only enable Comments on EA ....... October 2015. from the date the authorization is
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